Poor Elephants
Trip Start
Nov 13, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 01, 2008
Phuket,
Thailand
Monday, December 1, 2008
We were picked up in a truck type vehicle with a gate that kept us in the back. We got to the "safaria" after a 30 min ride from our hotel. We first rode what I think was an ox around in a circle then had our picture taken on top of one. They showed us how they use the sap from rubber trees to make rubber kinda neat to see that this is how they make things.
Next up riding elephants... not what I thought it would be at all. We rode them round the land some and through a creek. My elephant must have been hungry and just kept getting detoured by eating grass and such on the way. So then we went to the Elephant show. At this point I already feel really bad for the animals and am pretty sure PETA or some other US group would have them shut down in a min. They show was 2 adult elephants and a baby one that they taught how to dance, play tug of war, shoot a basketball, give massages, and kick a soccer ball. I am honestly just hoping all this is going to be over soon because I feel so bad for the animals.
Well they had another show for us and it was the monkey one. These poor things were tied to little tree huts/houses and were taught to ride a bike, shoot a basketball, get money, and take coconuts off a tree.
Finally all that was over. As we got in a our cage truck I asked these 2 aussies if it was what they thought the place was going to be like and of course they were disappointed as much as I was.
Back to the hotel change and off to the beach. It was supposed to be our last night here in Phuket and then off to Bangkok but as we had been watching the news we knew that there was no end in site of the protest and figured we would be here until we left to come home. So we had dinner and then went out on the town.
Until the next one!
Nathan
