Surin elephant capital

I managed to get over my fear and feed this elephant. His big trunk comes towards you and wraps itself around the cane. The skin felt quite rough but the elephant was very polite.

Trat and the beach at Koh Chang

February 16th 2013
We left Mukdahan and the Mekong river and decided to make our way south towards the sea. Surin was our destination, a town that comes alive once a year for about 10 days when they celebrate a big Elephant festival there but for the rest of the year it’s a sleepy town. Unfortunately we arrived on the wrong road and after a long drive Terry did not want to drive a further 50 kilometers out on anot ... read more

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