Off-road elephant riding

Ours was a greedy dude. He kept swinging his trunk over his head and sucking bananas from us with his wet nozzle. Once he'd exhausted them, he stopped to eat every tree was passed. If can be difficult to get a 4 tonne hungry elephant to do as you want, so the driver occasionally has to resort to using a big sharp hook.

Of Tigers And Dragons

May 28th 2006
The vague plan that I had for the final phase of my 12 month travel extraveganza was a meandering journey through Indochina. I was not sure how much I'd be able to squeeze in to my fairly short time here, but I've never really subscribed to the hang-around-for-weeks-with-other-backpackers-whilst-claiming-to-be-really-cultural travelling philosophy. The journey began in Bangkok where I rendezvo ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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