Trekking Continued/Elephant ride

The first part of our journey through the Jungle while trekking was great. An inspirational in site on a life we are certainly not a part of.

The next part of the journey was the elephant ride. Interesting, we watched the boys go to the jungle and collect their elephants, take them to the river and wash them, harness them with the baskets we rode in. We climbed aboard with their trusty handlers to begin our ride.

As we were going through the jungle, and through the river we noticed that there was a baby following one of the elephants. He made for much excitement as we watched him play, nurse, and try and keep up with the larger elephants. The elephant river ride was much longer than expected. Jungle beauty all around us, absolutely fabulous. River raft guides were busy taking our gear downriver on rafts for us to collect at the next tribal village. Here were fed a wonderful lunch, all things we recognized because of the time we spend in Thailand.

That night we again spent the night at the village in about the same nice accommodations. Comfortable and clean. Same sort of restroom and shower facilities. Not bad but certainly not a western bathroom.

Bright and early the next morning we all boarded rafts to ride and swim in the river if we wanted. Swimming in the river was easy, warm you just had to keep up with the raft as they cannot come back for you if you fall behind. We rode two and one-half hours listening to the sounds and looking at the beautiful foliage In the next addition I will tell more about the rafting trip. Hope you enjoy these postings they are certainly fun to do.