Day 30: Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand
It isn’t elephants all the time here. As weeklong volunteers we get to check out all of the activities – like dogs (one of the 800), petting cats (of the 3,000), visiting the local school where the staff send their kids (from local hill tribes, refugees, and many without the proper papers), moving hay, and of course we have already talked about picking up poop (but that still is about elephants).
We decide to take the disabled dogs (most have been hit by cars) for a short walk around the park and are given strict instructions about where to go, which includes the not often heard directions – take a left at the three elephants and then a right at the mound of dirt (from the flood). The dogs are sooo excited to leave their enclosures.
A full week of activities and hard to believe we only have one day left… I’m sure it will include more elephants. Woohoo!
Siri and David Adventures 