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Caution: Elephants Brake for Food on Bangkok’s Roads

Of all the illegal activities that animate the streets of Bangkok — pirated DVDs and fake watches, brothels that call themselves saunas — roaming Elephants stand out more than others. ...full story at New York Times

from New York Times on Sun, Jan 20 2008

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