Elephants

When we were in Chiang Mai, we signed up for a trek that included a visit to a local village, a hike through rice paddies to a waterfall, lunch, an elephant ride, and a bamboo raft ride. All of this for the bargain price of 650 baht, or about $19. I love Thailand.

The elephants were so cute! They were trained and were eager to be fed bananas. Our elephant was especially amusing given that he was very hungry AND had an itchy butt. He kept on veering off the path to find more food (which the trainer wasn't too happy about) and stopping to scratch his butt against trees. He would get so much food, that sometimes other elephants would steal food from him. The other highlight was a baby elephant. It was about 3 months old and would stick by its mother. When we crossed a river, he rolled around in the water! So cute :)