Im from Aachen, Germany. There’s a three country point. You sitting in the Netherlands in a coffee house. Going to the lavatory in Belgium and when you go home, you go to the parking lot in Germany.
It is the Schengen agreement and not EU. Norway is not EU and you can cross the border freely (except when you have a dog, you have to go to something to declare).
I have lived in Thailand for 17 years and am intimately involved with elephant rescue foundations. Every elephant in Thailand, with very rare exceptions, that is trained for entertainment, riding, or labor, have been taken away from their mothers at an early age and put through a prolonged process of 'breaking' the elephant's will through traumatizing pain and fear. This is a long standing process called Phajaan (Crushing), where a mother's love is replaced by pain and fear. Once the elephant is broken and compliant, then further 'training' takes place with a hook to inflict yet more pain. When the elephants are not performing they are often chained, away from the eyes of the public. A terrible life. This video is being used to glorify this elephant's talent and to perpetuate this practice for profit. Tourists need to wake up and BOYCOTT any and all elephant shows, riding, and any venue that puts elephants in any situation other than living in their natural environment. Please practice due diligence and patronize bonafide sanctuaries, which are usually 'look but don't touch' venues, allowing elephants to be elephants in their natural habitat with companions. Elephants do not enjoy painting but are merely performing what they were trained to do under duress under the threat of pain. They would prefer to live free in a proper sanctuary, and never feel chains or hooks again. Let's promote the welfare of these majestic creatures. Feel free to fact check everything I've written. Look up Phajaan (Crushing). Please donate to Elephant Rescue Foundations if you're able. Don't contribute to their misery. Thank You for your consideration in becoming part of the movement to improve the lives of these gentle giants by allowing them to live with the dignity they deserve. Make the world a better place.
Schengen didn't cause that; the crossings between most Western European countries had been very easy - but, of course, you still had to show a document.
Please people if you're not going to use video stabilisation then for the love of all of us getting motion sickness STOP moving around. This is like watching the Blair Witch project.
It’s been 10 years since this shot. I wonder how the residents in the city of Forest are doing today after the tornado hit their area 10 years ago. I have a feeling as we look back at this video and travel to the nearest tornado siren that was heard in the beginning of the video they probably replaced the Sentry 40V2T siren that went off on the night of the occurrence. The Federal Signal 2T22 that was heard in the next video in Meridian Mississippi on the same night 10 years ago probably was replaced as well
