Elephants are wonderful creatures. Sadly, they’ve been getting laid off for years, due to near universal ban on logging in Thailand. That’s where the Elephant Conservation Center comes in – giving a home to pink-slipped pachyderms, and making people happy while doing it. Very happy.
After an early morning drizzly drive through the mountains south of Chiang Mai, and within 15 minutes of our arrival at the Center, we were each (wide-eyed) atop an elephant. We were there for two days as ‘Mahouts-in-training’- bathing the elephants, feeding them, showing off their skills to the ogling public.
Here we are, mahouts and mahout-wanna-be's alike, heading into the mountains the second morning to greet our pals with a morning snack.
Peggy even made a friend during a visit to the maternity ward.
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