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A street scene in Yangon, Myanmar

A street view at Bogyoke market in Yangon, Myanmar from the walkway near the train station.
In October 2015, I visited my ancestral home of Myanmar with my father who was born and raised in Yangon until he was 15 years old.
As we walked across this walkway, a memory of his days in Yangon as a teen came back to him. He recalled visits to this market and hanging out with friends at a cousin’s nearby shop.

Pamper, don’t ride, an Asian elephant in Thailand

asian elephant
Pampering elephants at Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Elephant Nature Park is a sanctuary for rescued elephants from the tourism and entertainment trades in Thailand. Every elephant has a heartbreaking story. To help, you can visit ENP as a day visitor or overnight guest or you can stay longer and volunteer.

Please don’t ride elephants in Thailand, South Africa or anywhere. They are wild animals even if born in captivity. In order to ride an elephant in the tourism industry they need to be ‘broken’ and there is a lot of evidence that states the process is very cruel.

If you love elephants that much and want to be close to them, please consider visiting them at Elephant Nature park instead. You can walk with them, bathe them and even have your photo taken with them.

Read: If you love elephants, don’t ever ride them. Here’s why. 
Visit elephantnaturepark.org

Sunrise boat ride on River Ganga in Varanasi, India

Sunrise on River Ganga (Ganges) in Varanasi, India. There is so much to observe as life unfolds by the river’s edge, but if you don’t look the other way, you’d miss this. The way the sun peeks through the smoke filled skies as it rises is a something worth getting up early for.

 

Vienna’s Prater Ferris Wheel

Vienna Prater

One of Vienna, Austria’s landmarks, the historic Prater ferris wheel. The original ferris wheel was built in 1897 but was damaged in 1944 during World War II. It has since been restored a few times.