2014-12-25-Day36: Christmas Day at Elephant Nature Park

With Tom feeling somewhat better (but not 100%), he and I took a bus up to the Elephant Nature Park and joined the rest of the family. We got introduced to many elephants, getting to feed them by hand (they eat A LOT!), and got to wade into the river and help bath them. They need bathing every day, but some of them are blind, disabled or traumatized from mistreatment, and so won't do so of their own accord, so they need to be helped. It was really amazing.

In the evening we returned to Chang Mai, checked into a nicer hotel, had a quick swim, then Christmas dinner at the hotel restaurant.

Bath time for elephants!

(more pix coming later today)