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Elephants in Bangkok
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Sunday 26th October, 2008 at 23:23:36| Words: 196 words | Category: News Photos
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Sangworn, a mahout (elephant driver), stands with his elephant, Bussaba, 13 years old, at his temporary camp in Bangkok, Thailand. While the elephant is a symbol of Thailand, it is a fairly common site to see the unemployed and homeless animals roaming the city streets begging for food. The tame elephants dodge the traffic as their mahouts (elephant drivers) sell sugar cane by the bag to tourists who then feed them. Mahouts say that they have little choice but to bring their elephants to cities like Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Thai officials frown upon the practice and have passed laws banning elephants from roadways but the mahouts still come risking fines in order to survive. Elephants have been big business for the country for centuries but now they are reduced to a major tourist attraction. Elephants are trained to paint, play musical instruments, and even kick soccer balls. In addition there are elephant camps dotted all over Thailand catering to tourists employing up to 650 pachyderms, according to government figures. The Tourism Authority of Thailand says that about 65 percent of tourists will visit an elephant during their stay. Until Thailand banned logging in 1989, many Asian elephants. (Getty Images)
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Elephants Play Polo
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Monday 31st March, 2008 at 22:51:40| Words: 56 words | Category: News Photos
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Polo players battle for the ball while sitting on elephants during the exhibition match of the seventh King's Cup Elephant Polo tournament in the Golden Triangle, some 50 kms from Chiang Rai, Thailand. Buddhist monks sprinkled holy water and draped garlands over the necks of 28 elephants at the start of the week-long polo tournament. (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Hot Season Arrives in Bangkok
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Sunday 23rd March, 2008 at 23:32:14| Words: 34 words | Category: News Photos
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An Elephant at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok is cooled down with a spray of water. The hot season has started in Thailand with temperatures already in the high 30's Celsius. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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National Thai Elephant Day
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Tuesday 13th March, 2007 at 09:30:40| Words: 96 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Mahouts rest as their elephants enjoy a "buffet" of fruit and vegetables at Mae Sa elephant camp to mark Thailand's National Elephant Day in Chiang Mai province, about 700 km (435 miles) north of Bangkok, March 13, 2007. About 70 elephants were present at the event. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
An elephant paints a picture at Mae Sa elephant camp in Chiang Mai province, 700 km (435 miles) north of Bangkok, March 13, 2007 to mark Thailand's National Elephant Day. About 70 elephants were given a buffet of fruit and vegetables at the event. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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The Three-Headed Elephant
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Saturday 22nd July, 2006 at 09:31:48| Words: 54 words | Category: Travel Photos
One of Thailand’s latest tourist attraction is The Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan. This is probably the only museum in the world where the museum is more fascinating than the artifacts it houses. At 43 metres high, the giant three-headed elephant towers over the surrounding countryside and city buildings. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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