* Sore arms and legs from getting on and off the elephants.
* Fireworks throughout the night = cranky elephants this morning.
* Learned to count to ten in Thai. Piccha knows 1-10 in Japanese so we were having an English/Japanese/Thai test – very cool.
* Piccha measured my finger for an elephant ring he is going to make me – so sweet!
Just to give back we bought every elephant at camp 2 watermelons for Christmas!
Today went into town where the company is based. We had our first experience of Thai buses. They have little to no timetables, might not come at all and can wait anywhere from 0-30 minutes at a bus stop depending on the driver. We also rode our first tuck-tuck (I have no idea how they actually spell it)
We had dinner with Arnon’s family and it was a mix of Korean BBQ and Japanese stew. When you order takeaway in Thailand, not only do you get the raw meat and vegetables but also the coals on which to cook everything – very cool!
It turns out neither Dawn or I listen very well as we didn’t understand that we were spending the night in town and bought nothing with us! It was a good excuse to hit up the local night market and grab a few bargains.
Party Time! Chang beer tower, vodka slide shots, my first experience of seeing lady-boys, crazy DJ, drinking contests, dancing and much drunkenness! Also got to finally speak to mum and dad so as I fell into bed about 3am and the room began spinning I was thankful for a great Christmas!
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