Elephant park

The photos are better than the text..... I'll post when I get back.

I ended up booking a trip to a elephant reserve. The place I went to was actually my second choice but it turned out to be the best choice. I s originally signed up to go to a place where you ride the elephants. I didn't know that is actually a bad thing. I guess the seats they put on there backs deforms them and they are rather nasty to the elephants when they train them. The p,ace I ended up going to is sort of a reserve for rescue elephants. Most of the elephants there were rescued from logging operations or street beggars. The elephants just get to roam around freely most of the time except when the wranglers take them back and forth to the river to cool off. So the guides just sort of take you to random spots around the park where certain groups of elephants are hanging out. I got to feed and hang out with a bunch of elephants for the day. It was super mellow very cool. It was cool because even if it is a tourist type place to go, the money goes to support a place where the elephants were actually being taken care of. No tricks or performances at all.

I also met a really cool australian couple that I am going to meet up with back in Bangkok, we decided that if we were together as a group we could be brave enough to go to the ping pong show. I'll report back later .....