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from Virtual Tourist on Sat, Mar 01 2008

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29 Feb 08 visit papa rides elephant 1  »  YouTube videoelephant ride Thailand
07 Jun 07 visit Arriving Chiang Mai Tuesday  »  Lonely Planet Hi , Can anyone recommend a great (quiet and clean) guest house in Chiang Mai ...maybe with pool but doesn't matter and what was the name of that really good elephant conservation park ?..run by a woman I think..not the touristy elephant rides. Cheers
10 Feb 08 visit MP flown to Thailand by the taxpayer  »  Daily Telegraph With first-class air travel, a suite in a five-star hotel and even elephant rides, their visit to Thailand has the hallmarks of the holiday of a lifetime.
17 Nov 07 visit Volunteering with elephants - which camp?  »  Lonely Planet Hello, I'm hoping to spend a week volunteering at an elephant sancuary - I have searched these forums and the internet and there appears to be 3 elephant camps in thailand that I could apply to:1) Elephant Nature Park - Chang Mai 2) Elephant Mahout...
05 Jun 07 visit 3weeks in thailand, where to go?  »  Lonely Planet Land in Bangkok mid Nov and have only about 3weeks. What advice on where to go when wanting nice fairly quiet beaches (cant be arsed with noisy drunken types), jungle trek, seeing old temples/ruins, elephant rides decent hostels. This is on a budget so if...
20 Jul 07 visit Don't hit elephants with hammers  »  Lonely Planet The missus is watching some news show on Channel 9 right now. They just showed some video footage of a man getting killed by an elephant. Yucch. Story is the man was drunk and whacked the elephant with a hammer. Elephant didn't like it and stepped on him...

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