On the Elephant Trail

As the Interhash does not start until tonight we decided to use today to do an Elephant and River Trip. We were accompanied on our trip by Don (Shitstix) and Sue. It was brilliant!! We stopped off at an orchid farm on the way and saw many hundreds of beautiful flowers. We then went on to the elephant camp where we first saw several elephants performing many tasks - including drawing pictures!! There were several lovely baby elephants who really stole the show by having little fights amongst themselves to gain the upper hand when it came to the bananas!! We then had an ox ride up to a small village followed by an hour on an elephant!! Bob even got to take the controls!!

The little elephants were causing havoc running round everywhere and nearly got trampled on several times. There were several hashers on the tour so crys of "On on" and "false trail" could be heard from the hills!! After a Thai lunch we then had a leisurely trip down the river on a very precarious raft (a bit like punting but they had a driver on each end!!). Once again Bob took the controls, but only on the easy bits!

Bob and Don have now set off for the start of the Interhash leaving me and Sue to hit the Night Market. We aim to meet up later at "The Pub" where several hashers have been meeting and drinking for the past few nights. Tomorrow the Hash starts in earnest, leaving me and Sue to sample the delights of a Thai massage and our Thai cookery course on Sunday. More to follow ....!