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Imogen's South East Asia...

And back to Chiang Mai...

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Jan 12 2008, 08:23 PM

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imogen1989

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Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Well we're back in Chiang Mai and all is well and good. After a pretty low key day yesterday (yoga, bus, eat sleep) we had a really great day today. We spent the day at the elephant conservation park which is an hour drive from Chiang Mai. It is home 34 of the beautiful creatures, many of whom have been rescued from working in illegal logging, as trekking elephants or working on the streets of Bankok and Chiang Mai. They were so amazing and going to a park like this was so rewarding because the animals are not forced to do anything and are allowed to interact freely and roam the 50+ acres of the park. We were given the opportunity to hand feed the elephants and give them a scrub in the river. We watched the 4 baby elephants playing in the mud for ages because they were just so gorgeous and so photogenic. We took, literally, 100 photos of the elephants. They are just the most amazing animals! It was quite expensive to go to the park for the day compared to doing other activities in Ching Mai but ceretainly money well spent. The lady who owns the park is a middle aged Thai woman who has devoted her life to saving elephants and she is such an inspiration! We had such a great time just hanging around with the elephants and watching them do their natural thing.
I can't believe I will be home in 4 weeks! Its just going too fast and I'm having such a great time!
Lots of love
Imogen oxox

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