My story for the New Zealand Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/what-its-like-to-travel-the-first-rail-route-through-laos/54H3HS6QUBG7JIKYH6KT4XFGHI/
Loved meeting the Asian elephants at MandaLao Elephant Conservation in Luang Prabang.

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