Chaing Mai
What a wonderful way to end our trip. The day was spent at the elephant camp. So much fun getting to know these amazing animals. They enjoyed being stroked on their trunks. I even got 2 kisses from one. Felt like a vacuum sucking my face and slightly sandy. The mahouts (trainers) had the elephants it on a show for us. They bowed, and lifted their legs, sat, laid down, played the harmonica, pulled lumber then stacked it in a pile and then they painted the most amazing pictures. The are work sells for $30 a picture. I settled for a reproduction in one on a bag. After the show we took a ride on an elephant through the jungle.
When we returned from our ride we met with a mahout for some Q&A. At the time his elephant Ern who was 11 was eating bamboo. Carefully Ern used her foot to assist her in breaking the bamboo into manageable eating sizes. She walked over to use and offered her trunk for stroking.
Their trunks are very strong. Strong enough to lift a person. Barry has a picture of me being held by an elephants trunk.
After the ride and lunch we were treated to a leisurely ride on the river on a bamboo raft. Our guide snapped a picture of us and said we looked like refugees
Farewell dinner and night bazaar last night. We head back to Bangkok today and fly home tomorrow.
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