Elephants were loose in the jungle when we collected them for our rides. They are loose all night long, reluctant to come to work.
Kneeling down for us to climb up onto their necks.
Alice's elephant submerging itself, causing Alice to almost fall off.Alice is in red shirt on right.
March 12, 2011
Alice's Blog:We got to the place where the elephants live. We changed into our bathing suits because we were going to wash the elephants. We went up into the jungle onto a high perch to find the elephants who were wild and loose in the jungle. We found them and got on them. We sat on them for a long time going out of the jungle and down to the river. When we got to the river, some of the elephants pooped as they walked into the river. Then mahouts (elephant riders) with buckets splashed water on the elephants and us. My elephant went all the way down under the water and I had to hold on as tight as I hold onto the monkey bars. We swung to the side and I almost fell in the river. And then we got out and the elephants walked up a steep, slippery slope. And, we got off the elephant onto a platform. And we changed back into our normal clothes. And got back into the car. The end.
PS The baby elephants are crazy!!! They run around chasing everyone, acting like they are going to butt their heads into you. One our tour guides named Nicky was chased by one of them and had to run as fast as they can
PPS Look two blog posts below for Griffin's recent blog post on Thailand.
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