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| Farewell dinner at L'Elephant |
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| A cute bar across the road from L'Elephant |
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| Lyn and Soun |
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| Jean and I |
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| Her name! She was 36 years old! |
19th October
Bathing an Elephant
This am I woke to
the noise of long boats up and down the river. The rising mist over the
mountains very dramatic and soothing.
Across the river I
see 7 elephants having a wonderful time in the water calling out which was so
loud!
Soon we will go to
bathe our elephant! Feeling a little scared but excited at the same time.
We meet at 8.00am
and get on our luxury raft to cross the river. They are so gorgeous . I'm given
instructions hold onto his ear put foot on his leg and grab other ear with left
hand then leg over!
As you coul
imagine there is much screaming by me! Well I'm on with my mahout behind me!
Now into the water! Again screaming as its steep and steady as she goes. My
girl is 35!
Now I am loving
it. Sitting right behind her ears she embraces my legs and I feel very secure.
I'm given a scrubbing brush and scrub away, while she hits her trunk in the
water splashing me! It was a wonderful joyous experience ! So glad I did it!
Now up we go out of the water and getting off quite easy. Hand on ear leg off
and onto hind leg I'm off!
After breakfast in
our gazebo,today we had pho and Lao tea
made from mulberry leaves. Delicious!
It's elephant
instruction time.
Now pie means g o
forward
How for stop
Kwai turn right
Cop chai ley ley
thank you very much
Getting up this
time I was much better as getting the hang of this, we wander around while I
give instructions
A reward of
bananas from the top of the elephant with her trunk coming back to me for each
one!
Lots of photos and
off I get! Easy!
A walk through the
village with Phone and she tells us Souns wife had a baby by caesarian last
night. Feel awful as we were teasing him yesterday saying not on the phone
again! The baby was early, but all is ok.
Lunch in our
gazebo looking out over the Kwan River then we head back to Luang Prabang.
I head to the
pool have a swim and drop my ipad! Shit
there is crazing on the screen and on the top looks like a stone hit it.. I
just hope it will still work till I get Bangkok and see if it can be fixed.
A massage reduces
my stress level before we head out to dinner at L’Elephant for the final supper
with Jean and Lyn and dear Sun our guide.
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| Giving instructions from my notes!! |
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| Look no hands ! Think Im getting the hang of this! |
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| the Mahout! |
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| Cop Chai ley ley ley! Thank you very mcuh! |
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| Dr Neis |
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