Well I am back from the Elephant Nature Park and it really felt like we were in a different world.
Without the Internet, it felt prehistoric and the sounds of the elephants, the dogs, the snakes, scorpions and all the other insects had you looking in every direction for what would be jumping out at you next.
We all worked hard and each day brought a new task. Some of which were cleaning up after the elephants, washing them, cutting grass using a machete (scary thinking of me with one eh?) and carrying the bales over our shoulders. It was a humbling experience when after an hour in the oppressive heat, I was exhausted and i thought about the Thai workers that do it every day.
We worked in the kitchen emptying truckloads of fruit and vegetables and then washed and cut them for the daily feedings. Here is the picture I promised Beth with me and an elephant!
The best part of the trip were the people that I met. They were from all over, Australia, England, Canada, India, New Zealand, Poland, China and the US. It was an amazing group of people that worked together for a single cause.
I've made some new friends and I hope to see them along my travels.
I am now in Mae Hong Son and we will be trekking to the border of Myanmar (Burma) tomorrow morning to help make spaghetti to feed 250 school kids.
Until tomorrow............
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