Four tonnes of elephant

A Thai Mistress and travellers rule number 32

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June 27th 2010
What once was figurative, is now literal in the old name for Laos, “The Land of 1000 Elephants”. Now, it’s a land of environmental and ecological destruction. The habitat for elephants is well destroyed in the vast majority of the land and their useful agricultural role is now rapidly diminishing. Caught between not being left alone and then no longer been wanted, numbers have plummeted to b ... 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