Thursday, December 25, 2014

2014-12-24-Day35: Christmas Eve at Elephant Nature Park

With Tom under the weather, we split up. Alisa took Matthew and Jenny to the Elephant Nature Park, while I extended our stay at the mediocre hotel in Chang Mai and stayed behind with Tom.

Tom slept most of the day, so I finished two books, watched some TV, and by evening time he was OK to go out for Pizza at the pub next door.

The elephant park was amazing. It's a conservation center that has rescued a TON of animals (30+ elephants, a large number of water buffalo, 437(!) dogs, and countless cats). They give a lot of background on how the elephants are treated (very well) versus how they are traditionally treated elsewhere in Thailand (cruelly). Alisa, Matthew and Jenny stayed overnight and the accomodations were nice.

Matthew relaxing under mosquito netting


Jenny making friends with one of the many dogs

One of the local residents

Matthew and Jenny making a friend

Jenny with another friend

Matthew shaking hands, kind of

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