Trek with the Eles!!

For the past two days we have been walking through the jungle learning about herbal remmodies, where to find water and what plants we can and can't eat. We arrived at our camp and couldnt wait to clamber aboard the many elephants that freely roamed around the camp. We all sat on their necks with out a mahout and directed them where to take us which usually wasn't where we had tried to get to! It was lucky we did this before washing them as while we walked behind the elephants, all with their mahouts on top, to the rivet, one decided she didn't want a bath shook her man off and plodded home, scaring us all just enough to decide we'd ridden them enough for one day! We were pleased to see the elephants all very well looked after and loved dearly by their mahouts and were happy to hear that the elephant that shook the man off her back was being taken to the river not by her mahout which made her nervous so she ran home to where her man was! The trek also included a walk to a fairly impressive waterfall and white water rafting in which the novelty wore off quite quickly! By the end of the trip we were all happy to enjoy drinks and party food on our roof terrace to celebrate Biancas birthday!