Elephants and Bananas

Hello everyone!!!
We went on a trek today and it was great!! All this time I've really been looking forward to elephant trekking and we did it today! We strated our day at 8.30a, when we where picked up by a jeep with another couple and whilst they said it would be air conditionned it didn't matter because we where at the back in the open air. But never mind that because it was actually a perfect day, not humid but warm and lovely.
After a fast ride that resembeled something at Alton Towers we arrived at the elephant farm!! It was sooooo amazing! We felt a bit bad when we had to step on the elephants neck to get on it but then our "driver" actually SAT on its head the whole journey!
But they are very strong, smaller than African elephants, and also unlike african elepahnts, they have two humps on their heads (which the Thais assured us made them more intelligent), and also only the males have tusks. We fed them loads of bananas and sugar cane (there was a MASSIVE spider in the first banana bag that scared me a bit!). We trekked through the jungle and the river.
Then we were lucky enough to meet a one day old elephant!! He was sooo cute, his eyes where hardly open and he was a bit like me when I'm tired, just bumping into things and a bit doppey (see the photo of him).

This has been the best day yet, we visited a hill tribe, "showered" in a beautifull waterfall and then we went bamboo rafting, and it made my day when Chris fell in the river and got left behing on a rock whilst we floated down the river!! (Poor thing had to come a long way to get back on!!).

Love Sam xxx