Before sunset

How to ride an Elephant

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February 3rd 2010
A very early start, but today was one of those rare days that we weren't actually getting up to catch a plane. Today we were going to ride Elephants! This would have been my 3rd time doing this. I first got to ride one in Zimbabwe when I was 14 - riding it without a saddle just like a horse. Gosh that was uncomfortable. Then I rode one on a choir trip to Thailand, sitting in seat on the back. ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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