Hannah and I found elephants!!! It turns out that they are really easy to find when they're chained down in the middle of the jungle.After a couple days in Chiang Mai Hannah and I decided to do another jungle trek. On the first day we hiked through the jungle until we came to a little village/base camp. At the bottom of the camp were a bunch of elephants. The next morning we got to ride them.
When we started out on the elephants there was a "driver." Although after about fifteen minutes the guy just jumped off and told us we could drive the elephant. Hannah went first and slid down to the elephants neck.
Once she w
as done I got my turn.I will say that I was slightly torn about the whole experience. It was definitely fun to ride an elephant but clearly it was sad that their lives are spent lugging around tourists. Okay, yeah, I feel pretty guilty.
Anyway, check out this video of our elephant tearing a tree out of the ground:
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Those sweet elephants are helping the owner's family have food on the table and a hut over their heads so don't feel too guilty. The tourist industry in Asia is very important to their wellbeing, or so we were told.
Ben and Hannah;
If you have time visit the Four Seasons Resort in Chiang Mai. Some rate it the best in the world and we agree.
Jeff and Betsy
yay for elephants! also, when hannah gets back to DC, i'm going to enroll in her in a 12 step program for making normal faces in pictures.
Ben and I have a tradition of making frog faces together! He should have explained this, hm? Maybe when i have my pics uploaded too he can do a frog face montage....
I keep a frog statue on the deck to remind me of them.
well, i could tell it was a thing, and i think it was mentioned, but every now and then, ben musters a non-frog face and hannah's still frog-facing solo. but i've actually been practicing my frog face in the mirror, in anticipation of your return!
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