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Elephant Hospital

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February 1st 2009
Today we went to the Elephant Hospital and Conservation Center! It was very cool! When we got there, we went to an elephant bathing show, and they took all of the elephants in the river for a bath. After that, we went to another show where the elephants basically did tricks for us - rang bells to the Thai elephant song Chang Chang Chang (Chang is elephant in Thai), beat drums, pulled logs, play ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more