On the 22nd of January, Antoinette van de Water finally reached the end destination of her long journey 'home': the Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai, Thailand. Two street elephants which had been bought free, Silver Flower and Sri Nuan, had now taken their last steps towards freedom. In the Elephant Nature Park they can move around freely and live in as elephants in herds for the rest of their lives. The last steps were taken through thick jungle, with fresh food all around for the elephants. When they arrived, the park's 28 elephants were standing waiting for the new arrivals. 'Silver Flower and Sri Nuan didn't have enough eyes and trunks! They were snuffled from all sides, they were blessed by a monk, saw green areas everywhere, and naturally received much food to eat. What a difference to their earlier lives on the streets!' said Antoinette.

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