Elephant ride 7

Smellyphanties

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March 14th 2010
After lunch we booked ourselves on a 1 1/2hr elephant trek. We were both a little apprehensive esp when the guide only looked 17! First thing I though when I caught sight of the elephants was 'oh crap, they're big'. Once on them you feel so far off the ground, very unnerving. We trundled along the road and through the forest (both of us were on the back of the same elephant and the guide was kinda ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai

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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