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Elephant caravan in the morning.

November 7th 2009
Today is the first day of our Mahout (elephant trainer) course. There are many elephant camps surrounding Luang Prabang - and the number of elephant camps is growing, despite the fact that elephants aren't native to this region. But tourists love the elephants and so the mahouts bring their elephants down from northern Laos (the word "Laos" means "a million elephants") to give paying tourists ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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Adrian & Angelique

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We've decided to take off six months to see Asia and Australia and revisit New Zealand before we turn 40. Angelique's been to Asia once (Bhutan, a few days in Malaysia, only one in Singapore) and this will be Adrian's first time on the continent. Neither one of us has been to Australia but we did spend 3 weeks in New Zealand in 2007 and can't wait to return. If all goes well, our plan to is to spend a week in Japan, six weeks in southeast Asia, 2-3 in Australia and then 3 months in New Zealand, returning home to San Francisco in late March, 2010. Enjoy the blog!... full info

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