Circus

In the morning we were surprised to see a circus had sprung up across the street from the hostel.

The trailers were designed to look like cozy railroad cars.

I am guessing the little rope between the people and the elephants was to prevent the former from bothering the latter.

A. was curious about the circus and was able to find someone to answer questions (was it a good job?  did the performers or the people working behind the scenes get paid more?).  We did not go to the circus, but could see the people riding on the backs of the elephants (without any special contraption) and hear the music.  That was enough for me.