Krabi, Thailand January 29, 2008. Elephants are considered lucky in Thailand. Riding one you can quickly consider yourself lucky because it is so enjoyable and elevating.
I’ve ridden elephants several times in Thailand and Nepal. This ride is relaxing and part of a 2 in1 tour I booked for 1300 baht. Here is a picture of 2 kinds of "Elephant Ears", 1 plant & 1 animal.
Normally kayaking comes 1st in the morning followed by elephant riding in afternoon. But the tide was too low in the morning so the creative Thai guides reversed the order and we rode elephants in the pleasant morning sun, had lunch, and then kayaked the mangroves and watery canyons in the afternoon. 
Saw 3 troops of monkeys while kayaking. Two troops were on the rock cliffs patiently begging for fruit and 1 troop in the mangroves actually jumped onto our kayaks and commandeered all our remaining fruit and most of the fresh water.This is part of my Thailand tour package so I wanted to reconfirm it belongs as a primary option on my 10-day Thailand package trip. Yep, this is a grand trip.
2 comments:
James, sounds and looks like a lot of fun and a great adventure. Were you sore the next day after spreading wide to sit on the elephant?
Love Peggy
Elephant riding has wavy movement and leaning such that you have to adjust your balance a lot and so can be tiring after a long while. still it is fun and has a quality of being with the elephant which is very empowering.
Love,
James
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