Last Great Elephant Hunter Achieves Indochine Glory
Posted on 27. Jun, 2025 by Paul Sochaczewski in Curious Travel
DON VILLAGE, Buon Ma Thuot, Central Highlands, Vietnam Stardom can be defined in many ways. For Ama Kong it is a number, 298, the sum of wild elephants he has captured. He was 90 when I met him in 1999 (he died in 2012 at the age of 103), with failing eyesight but still […]
Read MoreBurma’s Generals Hope White Elephants Provide Jumbo Support
Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Curious Travel
Burma’s Generals Hope White Elephants Provide Jumbo Support Trying to restore some of the good vibes that come with rare pale pachyderms RANGOON, Burma Most new national capitals feature monumental architecture, statues to independence heroes, broad boulevards, cultural centers and shopping malls. Burma’s new, deliberately-isolated and rarely-visited capital, Naypyidaw (which means “royal capital” in Burmese), […]
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