The elephants are back

“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