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Travels on my Elephant

With the help of a Maratha nobleman, Mark Shand bought an elephant named Tara and rode her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Travels on My Elephant is the story of their epic journey across India, from packed highways to dusty back roads where communities have remained unchanged for millennia. It is also a memorable, touching account of Tara's transform.

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  • "The author buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love."
  • "Started on a whim and pursued with a passion, modern-day adventurer Mark Shand's remarkable journey through India on the back of a 30-year-old elephant named Tara covered 800 miles, from the Bay of Bengal to the world's largest elephant bazaar at Sonepur on the Ganges. Rescued from a life of begging, Tara, scrawny and mistreated, was transformed through Shand's tender attention and care on their journey into a star attraction. Blessed by priests, entertained by princes,"
  • "for Tara was to present the greatest challenge of all for a man who had just traveled 800 miles through heat, hardship and danger. With an ear for the comic, an eye for the exotic and a taste for the bizarre, Shand informs as he entertains, painting a vivid picture of Indian life, customs and locale as he takes us through his daily adventures with Tara in this transporting memoir."
  • "they shuffled happily through towns and villages, Tara sucking up rice and bananas from roadside stands and Shand scattering rupees in compensation. Everywhere they went, the adventurer, his unusual steed, and his five eccentric Indian companions drew an inquisitive crowd of admirers. Rivaling Kipling, this story of man and elephant is by turns exciting, terrifying and moving. Merely arriving at Sonepur on the Ganges was not the end of the story, and finding a good home."
  • "With the help of a Maratha nobleman, Mark Shand bought an elephant named Tara and rode her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Travels on My Elephant is the story of their epic journey across India, from packed highways to dusty back roads where communities have remained unchanged for millennia. It is also a memorable, touching account of Tara's transform."@en

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  • "Travels on my elephant"
  • "Travels on my Elephant"@en
  • "Voyages sur mon éléphant"
  • "India, per olifant : 1000 [duizend] kilometer lichtvoetig op reis"
  • "騎大象走印度"
  • "India per olifant"
  • "Auch Elefanten weinen auf einem Dickhäuter durch Indien"
  • "Viaggio in India in groppa al mio elefante"
  • "Viaggio in India in groppa al mio elefante"@it
  • "Unterwegs auf großem Fuß auf einem Dickhäuter durch Indien"
  • "Auch Elefanten weinen : auf einem Dickhäuter durch Indien"
  • "Qi da xiang zou yin du"
  • "Qi da xiang zou Yindu"
  • "India, per olifant : 1000 kilometer lichtvoetig op reis"
  • "Unterwegs auf grossem Fuss : auf einem Dickhäuter durch Indien"
  • "Travels on my elephant"@en

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