An AMAZING day with Elephants!!!!
I woke up eager to go play with elephants! We hoped in a songthew and drove 1.5 hours northwest, farther and farther into the jungle and higher and higher up into the mountains. The ride got quite bumpy - it had rained really hard the day prior and the road, which was already a one lane gig, was now thick mud - almost like clay. Chiang Mai Elephant Land - AMAZING. The truck driver didn't have a choice but to slide into the ruts that we were sucked into. I was curious to know if we would be pushing this thing back out of here! LOL. We arrived at the Elephant Land where there were 18 of us on the day's tour. We walked into an area where there was fresh fruit and drinks set out for us. The elephants, all 5 of them, were mere yards away from us. Not on chains, not tied to anything - simply chilling in the fenced area (LARGE area). Shortly after, we were given 'uniforms' to wear over our swimsuits, given a big basket of bananas and shown how to fe...