laa

Uggg.. this happened to me at JJ.

But on the plus side the wallet was dumped and a stall owner called me to pick it up! Had everything in it sans the cash.

Great pictures!

and I will second the "you are not alone in thinking this!"

Wake up with an elephant's head in the bed with you.

LOL! that would make an awesome movie!

Yes - this is the news that I have seen - it only talks about the elephants in BKK. The ones that I know of who are being bothered by police are in Surin and only take their ele's around the Issan.

It's just frustrating to think that you can give the mahoots a chunk of $$ and they will easily do something else! I assume there is no job retraining programs here!

Hey All

This is especially directed to those in Surin who may have a better idea of what is going on. I have some Thai mahoot friends in Baan Talad, Chomponburi. They have said that the Thai gov't is looking to buy their elephants. I found a CNN article about this saying that yes this is the case and the gov't will pay about $20,000 USD/ele, saying this is bc they can't look after the ele's etc... According to the mahoots, some of the guys going around the Issan w thier elephants are being harrassed by police and there is a lot of pressure to sell.

So - does anyone know anything more about this? Please enlighten me!!

Thanks

Laa

Oh! you should go to Rasayana (google it), near BST Prom Pong. I used to live right near there - nice fresh greens and super spa