Friday, March 23

Maetaeng Elephant Park

These first two pics are our elephant ride. As you see I rode with Dad. Since the last time I rode an animal (11/1989) it ran out from under me and left me with a broken back I was a little apprehensive about doing this. However, after the first few minutes I was comfortable and really enjoyed the ride!



This is the ox cart ride from where we finished the elephant ride back to the main area. The ox cart ride was actually worse than the elephant ride. The ox cart was very jolty and the roads are not real smooth either.
After seeing them wash the elephants and then seeing the show, we went to where we would have our buffet lunch. It was a nice place on the river and the food was good.

Then we went rafting! It was a bamboo raft, and yes, the water came up through between the bamboo pieces as well as up over the outer edge on several occasions. But this was a good thing - Mom and I enjoyed the cool water on our feet every so often. We had two gentleman guiding the raft down river - one in front and one in back. They even let Dad do it for awhile!

More to come later...

1 comment:

Sarah said...

I'm loving your pictures!