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“In the center of a traffic-mobbed roundabout, encircled by the crush of cars and motorbikes, a small act of veneration regularly takes place. A small gray-haired woman buys a bunch of bananas and toddles with her cane up to Sambo, a 10-foot-tall, 4,000-pound elephant standing calmly in the urban chaos.” - csmonitor.com

“As cars whizz past Victory Monument, five-year-old Lum Yai performs tricks under a grimy flyover. She spins a multicolored hula-hoop on her front leg, then squirts water at sopping Songkran revellers with her trunk. For this she will get plenty of laughs and 40 baht. Streetside diners normally only pay 20 baht for the privilege of feeding her a small bag of sugarcane.” - IHT ThaiDay