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  • 👉🏼Tap to view the full video Looking for a more ethical and wildlife-friendly Thai elephant experience? @changchill.th offers an observation only educational day at their sanctuary where elephants 🐘 are allowed to simply be elephants 💕. No soccer, no painting, no riding, no bathing. Is this the future of elephant tourism in Thailand? I hope so. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #hosted #ThailandInsider @thailandinsider ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎶: bensound.com
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  • Our first meal in Chiang Mai was an interesting one. 🤔 Aside from the expected (delicious, innovative presentations and unbelievably priced - about $2 per dish) ... I have to tell you about the unexpected. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The restaurant is actually a new/experimental concept as it employs women from the nearby Chiang Mai Women's Prison. It serves as a Vocational Training Center for the Correctional Institute - allowing the women with minimal time left to serve a means to reintegrate back into society while also creating a sort of piggy bank 🏦 to help them get back on their feet when released. Women can work in the restaurant or at the attached massage parlor next door. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But wait. 🤗 It doesn’t stop there. What about the women who have 10, 20 more years to serve, or even life sentences? Well they have a chance to participate too. But since they can’t leave the prison, you have to go to them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yep. That’s right. You have the option of booking a massage INSIDE the prison. 😱Trained inmates provide the service in a nice room on-site with transportation by bus provided from the restaurant. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼What do you think - is this something you’d do? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📍 Chiang Mai, Thailand 📷 @candydergreat ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a #ThailandInsider partnered trip
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  • Fair warning. I’m making my way back to #Thailand today - my favorite 💕 place in the world to stuff my face in. So there’ll be lots of pics of me eating...and then probably having to buy new (bigger) clothes at the end of my 10 day adventure 😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you visited Thailand? Where did you enjoy the most? What is your favorite Thai dish? I like everything spicy 🌶! I’m a big fan of papaya salad, basil/garlic anything and the spicy lime steak salad 🤤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow my #ThailandInsider adventure here on stories! 🇹🇭 🙏🏼🤗 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📷: @candydergreat
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  • California dreamin’ .... wait I live here 😂 #TBT to a fun weekend spent in #SantaBarbara 💕
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  • #ad Have you traveled solo/alone before? Did you 💕 it? I'll be honest - it's my favorite way to travel (sh - don’t tell my husband!) Less noise, more bed & I can change my mind as often as I want 😂 - what more could you ask for? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think we can all agree that life is full of, well, life. You never know what tomorrow, or even today, will bring. Whether it be hectic, joyous, disappointing, exciting, stressful or satisfying - I'm always looking for more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ More what? More experiences. More food. More laughter. More discoveries. More life. 🙋🏻‍♀️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But funny enough, recently this has also led me on a search for less. Less technology. Less stress. Less noise. 😖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So I decided to take some time to explore more of my own "back yard" and take a me-cation. I chose Santa Barbara for my #solotravel trip and with so much to do, see and eat, I really appreciated having the @Expedia Mobile App to help me decide on where to stay and fun things to do on my little solo getaway. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Two days in Santa Barbara is definitely not enough time. I'm pretty certain a second (and probably third) me-cation is in order to complete my tour of Santa Barbara 🤗, but in the meantime, check out my stories withe say swipe up link for some of my favorite discoveries and tips. #Expediapic ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 https://www.surfandsunshine.com/the-perfect-solo-getaway-to-santa-barbara/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ❓What do you like about solo travel? What destinations have you traveled to alone?
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  • "I have an insane calling to be where I'm not." — Unknown ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yep. Always. 💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📍#SalamancaSpain #MyVikingStory @VikingCruises ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #FoundItOnAmazon - See link in bio for... @Reef Flip Flops @roberto_cavalli Sunglasses
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