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For a moment, she looks as if she might stand on her own.

Heartbreak and healing at Elephant Nature Park

January 27, 2012, 1 Comment

Mae Sai Roong lays on the ground. She looks so little compared to the throngs of people around here — the Elephant Nature Park volunteers, the v ...

The view of Goreme from Shoe String Cave Pension.

Escape of the Week: Goreme, Turkey

January 24, 2012, 8 Comments

Welcome to the country where east meets west. A land entrenched in history, Whirling Dervishes, bazaars, spice-filled foods and a wide-range of landsc ...

Lek accepts a playful smooch from Faa Mai's trunk.

Que Sera Sera

January 22, 2012, 37 Comments

“Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be. The future is ours, you’ll see, que sera sera,” Lek sings softly to the baby elephant, Fa ...

As a young buck in the Merchant Marines.

Travel lessons from the Merchant Marines

January 19, 2012, 10 Comments

Editor’s Note: Apologies for the lack of posts this week. I’m enjoying some gum surgery and medication, so in the meantime, enjoy this gue ...

Archaeologists have identified about 130 pyramids in Egypt, most of which, however, are just piles of stone that have lost their edge.

Escape of the Week: The pyramids of Giza, Egypt

January 17, 2012, 2 Comments

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Endri of Trip and Travel Blog. If you have an Escape of the Week you would like to contribute, ...

Smooching the leathery trunk of Sri Prae.

Volunteers and a vet: an afternoon of healing elephants

January 15, 2012, 20 Comments

I stand, along with three other volunteers, watching one of the Elephant Nature Park’s veterinarian’s squirt antiseptic into the mangled f ...

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