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The king of Thailand, Rama X, whose birth name was Vajiralongkorn Borommachakkrayadisonsantatiwong Thewetthamrongsuboriban Aphikhunuprakanmahittaladunladet Phumiphonnaretwarangkun Kittisirisombunsawangkhawat Borommakhattiyaratchakuman, is the wealthiest ruler on Earth with a net worth of $30b.
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In Thailand, each day of the week has a color and a god who protects it. In the past, people would wear the color assigned to each day. Now most people just use their personal lucky color which is based on the day they were born.
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Monks in the Khun Han district of Thailand were frustrated with littering in their district, so they built a temple entirely made from discarded beer bottles.
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If you’re looking for a very unique outdoor adventure experience, we think we’ve found something you’ll like. In a jungle in Thailand, you can sleep in a bubble in the midst of freely roaming elephants.
These extraordinary accommodations are called “Jungle Bubbles,” and are only found at the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort in Northern Thailand.
Photo Credit: Anantara
In each 236-square-foot bubble equipped with air-conditioning, you’ll find a king-size bed, a living area and a bathroom. Apart from the bathroom, the rest of the bubble is transparent. Staff drop off your dinner in a basket, so all you have to worry about is enjoying the majesty of 22 elephants.
Rescued from the country’s cities and tourist attractions, the elephants are set to live out the rest of their days roaming freely and peacefully. Visitors can learn more about them by taking a tour led by a veterinarian or a biologist called “Walking with Giants.”
Etienne De Villiers, Anantara’s cluster director of public relations, told Apartment Therapy,
“Guests can observe the elephants’ social interaction in their native habitat.
The fun of either a river bath or mud playtime demonstrates just how cheeky these graceful animals can be.”
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The company’s founder saw an elephant begging for food in the streets of Bangkok and decided to start the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation.
Said De Villiers,
“Since then we have operated a rescue rental system that gives entire traditional mahout families a sustainable income from an elephant that is already living with them — this ensures that they will not source, through breeding or wild capture, another elephant to continue their traditional way of life.”
Journey into the jungle with elephants, and marvel at the bond between yourself and their mighty spirits
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Posted by Anantara Hotels Resorts & Spas on Monday, September 10, 2018
More than 60 elephants have been rescued. Mahout families also receive English lessons, further education for their children and all proceeds from clothing sales of a traditional silkworm business.
This is the type of responsible and sustainable tourism that benefits people, animals and society.
Let’s expand our horizons and do more of THIS!
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Children belonging to the Moken tribe of Thailand have perfect vision underwater. They do is by constricting their pupils and changing their lens shape, just like dolphins and seals. They use this ability to hunt for fish, clam and shells to eat. This skill can be acquired, when exposed to underwater environment enough at an […]
About half of Thailand’s 349,000 monks are either overweight or obese. They rely solely on alms from the faithful and must consume what they are offered before noon each day. After midday, to keep their energy up, many rely on highly sweetened beverages, including energy drinks.
Hundreds of thousands of Westerners visit Thailand each year, and one of the “must-try” activities is riding a majestic elephant. But tourists are now being urged to stop, thanks to the revelation of some truly heartbreaking photos.
A Twitter user posted several photos of elephants in Thailand being cruelly mistreated. Their keepers, called mahouts, keep them in line by hitting them with sharp metal hooks, often hard enough to draw blood. Their heads are covered in old wounds.
You can stop inhumanity tortured on elephants by stop riding an elephant! pic.twitter.com/oYtPd0wXzI
— abang da balik (@faizalghazaly) April 12, 2019
Around 3000 elephants are currently used for entertainment across Asia, and 77 percent are treated inhumanely, according to the World Animal Protection. Elephants are often ripped from their mothers prematurely, violently broken into submission, then subjected to a lifetime of abuse and isolation.
While Thai government agencies are working to end animal cruelty, officials also urge visitors to boycott businesses that treat their animals this way.
“We never support tourists riding the elephants,” a spokesperson for the Tourism Authority of Thailand told Yahoo! News. “Please don’t ride the elephants and don’t support this business.”
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There are about 3500 wild elephants in Thailand and about 4500 domesticated elephants. The domesticated elephants are classified as “working animals,” just like livestock. Animal advocates are working to change this classification in order to offer more protections to elephants.
If tourists want to enjoy these beautiful animals, one option is to visit a wild elephant sanctuary. There, tourists can observe and pet the animals, but cannot ride them.
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Our world is pretty sharply polarized these days, but if there’s one thing we can agree upon, it’s that we all need to be doing whatever we can to reduce waste. The single biggest thing we can do? Eliminate our dependence on plastic.
More and more businesses are jumping on board with sustainable and recyclable products and packaging, and here’s another great idea that will hopefully spread across the globe.
Posted by Perfect Homes Chiangmai on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
The photos in this article come to us from a supermarket in Thailand that has ditched plastic wrapping for their produce in favor of leaves. This means that more plastic that would be discarded to end up in a landfill is being eliminated from the environment.
Posted by Perfect Homes Chiangmai on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
These photos come from a place called Rimping Supermarket.
Posted by Perfect Homes Chiangmai on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Posted by Perfect Homes Chiangmai on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Posted by Perfect Homes Chiangmai on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
I love this idea! Let’s keep our fingers crossed that it catches on everywhere (here me, Kroger??)
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Almost all major American Grocery chains continue to profit from the use of Slavery in Thailand’s peeled shrimp industry.
There is a Buddhist Temple complex in Thailand made out of over 1.5 million empty beer bottles.