Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Elephants On Parade

Surin

Surin is a town in the Isan region of Thailand known for their annual Elephant Round-up.  After 6 hours in a train from Bangkok, 2 hours in a bus (the train was stalled due to an accident and the bus drove us to another train station to catch an alternate train), and 3 more hours on a train again, we finally arrived in the north eastern area of Thailand, about an hour and a half from the Thai-Cambodian border.  We came for the annual Elephant Round-Up as a stop on our transit to Siem Reap.  There were not many "farangs" in town, so we joined the many Thai travelers at the ceremony.





 



Elephant Soccer

Thai tanned after the beaches




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