Julie and Neve had on elephant and me and Felix had the other. At first we sat in the proper seat but then the Mahoot let us take it in turns to sit on the elephants neck which was much more fun.
At the end of the walk we crossed a river before dismounting from the elephants, here we were able to feed the elephants sugar cane as a reward.
Next we were driven to a local temple on top of the hill. From here we could look down on Mae Hong Son. We had a really a good view including the airport from which we would fly back to Chiang Mae the next day.
We then went shoping to the local supermarket to buy a wok. We got a proper Thai wok with special cooking utensil for 450 baht which is about £10. Now we can practise out Thai cooking when we get back to Japan.
After lunch we had a couple of hours to explore the town before heading back to the resort to swim and have dinner.
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| Meeting our elephants |
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| What a big nose you have... |
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| Julie and Neve ready for the walk |
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| Felix and I heading down the road |
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| Beware Elephants. Not something you come across on the UK roads |
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| Arty shot |
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| Felix riding on the elephants neck |
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| Neve in charge of the elephant. Keep an eye on what the baby is up to |
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| Gimme the hat |
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| Cute baby elephant |
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| Feeding the elephants sugar cane |
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| The elephants then had to cross back over the river but the baby still wanted to play |
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| Bye bye |
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| Another temple |
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| Each gold leaf had a message written on it |
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| View of the hills |
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| View of Mae Hong Son |
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| This is the Nok Air plan that we will take to Chiang Mae the next day |
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| Temple by lake that you can see in the aerial photo |
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| Relaxing by the pool |
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| Resort pool with restaurant in background. Restaurant was besides the river |
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| These are the bungalows that we stayed in |
Hi Mackens...looks and sounds like you had a different and fun christmas. The snow has been amazing here...just about gone today after about 10days. Never known it so cold hence the snow stayed very good and not slushy until today. Christmas and boxing day were lovely and sunny and so it was like being in a ski resort! I have a red brindle boxer called Archie staying with us for two weeks while his owners are in Kenya...they managed to get away from Gatwick on christmas eve! Happy New Year to you all. Thanks for the ecard i take it Felix has got over being turned into an elf now!! Dave & Sally
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