Just in case I didn’t do that good of a job explaining the wonderful experience I had at the Patara Elephant Farm when I was in Thailand here and here, National Geographic has a video out today that almost exactly explains my experience and purpose of my time with the elephants in Thailand.
While its not [...]
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My Thailand Elephant Camp Experience in Video Form
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Thailand Journal: Off to the Islands
April 20th, 2008 – Pol dropped us off at the airport and we caught our flights to Bangkok. This was wear we split ways. I had a direct flight from BKK to the island of Koh Samui while Kat was going through a land-locked city of Surat Thani. Both of us were [...]
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Thailand Journal: Travel Planning Day
April 19th, 2008 – Opted not to do the Thai cooking course, I’ll pick up a Thai cook book instead. I didn’t want to take the whole day cooking and it was kind of expensive. Just wanted a day to rest and plan my next segment, Southern Thailand Islands!
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Thailand Journal: Extinction is Forever Part 2
After the elephant farm, Kat and I were starving. We cleaned up and hopped on a tuk-tuk towards a rooftop bar which turned out to be another reggae bar. We walked around a few blocks and ended up in Little Italy. Little Italy in Thailand was enough to make you do a [...]
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Thailand Journal: Extinction is Forever
April 18th – Kat and I got picked up at the Bupatara at 730am to head to Patara Elephant Camp. The camp is not a conservation center but has a conservationist mentality. Meaning that they care for and help elephants that have been domesticated but are no longer found to be useful for [...]
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Thailand Journal: Laughter is Universal
April 17th, 2008 – We got picked up for our trek at 7am this morning. Kat and I opted for the single day trek which included elephant riding, bamboo rafting and hiking through the mountains with a visit to some Burmese mountain villages.
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Thailand Journal: Chiang Mai by Foot
April 16th, 2008 – Came down for breakfast and Noi introduced me to the other American staying at the Bupatara, Cathleen. Cathleen is from Long Island (Huntington) but lives in Prague and is a teacher. She was wicked nice in our short chat but vowed to meet up for dinner and drinks after [...]
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Thailand Journal: Soakedalicious
April 15th, 2008 – Today was a travel day so not much too write about. I need to get out of Cambodia b/c its starting to make me sick. All day today I couldn’t figure out what the deal was, how in the world was I getting sick. Until I got to [...]
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Thailand Journal: Who Can it Be Now Part 2
We hoped in and off we went, zipping through the traffic and after a quick stop at the bakery we were soon in the Cambodian countryside. Its just like you imagine, dry rice paddies surrounded by thick jungle with a bumpy, half dirt/half paved road cutting through. We passed by run down shack [...]
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Thailand Journal: Who Can it Be Now?
Oops, I forgot to post the rest of these, here they come!
April 14th, 2008 – I get a knock on my door @ 9am, not expecting anyone, I was just lounging in my room for a bit deciding what to do for the day. I popped open the door expecting it to be the guesthouse [...]
