Heffalumps

About an hour's drive south of Chiang Mai is the Elephant Centre. It has an elephant hospital, and puts on three elephant shows a day. You can take rides on elephant taxis (where you sit in a large, lurching, seat strapped to the elephant's back).


Here's some shots of us riding the elephants:

Mike on Phatuap

Washing the elephants on the way to the jungle where they spend the afternoon and night. Beccah is on Phatida

Tama and Sri Siam.

Hine dismounts from Songsai via the tag long command (where you slide down the trunk)

We did the Home Stay. This is were you spend 3 days getting trained to be an amateur mahout. We learned the basic commands for mounting, dismounting and general perambulation.

Hine relaxing on Songsai.