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Elephants Can Camp 'Ere

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May 19th 2016
On the way back from our waterfall walk we asked our driver to stop at the Luang Prabang Elephant Camp. For £1.75 we all got to feed a herd of elephants with banana leaves and stalks. Ed and Hat were really delighted and neither Cas or I had ever been this close to one before. They were Asian jungle elephants, with much smaller ears than their African cousins. Their trunks are incredibly dext ... 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