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India 1997 - Part one

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Travel story: India 1997 - Part one

The sadhu turned his elephant in my direction. He had seen me watching from a distance and now had caught me taking his picture: he wanted payment. That seemed fair, so I stepped up to the 10 foot (3 meters) high beast and offered it a ten Rupee note.

Have you ever looked into an elephant's trunk? There are two large nostrils and something like lips around the outer edge. With that trunk the elephant gently picked the banknote from my fingers and handed it over his... More

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