Mae Boon and The Mekong
12.04.2006
Sabaidee from Laos!
We have had an amazing couple of weeks and continue to be enthralled by Southeast Asia. In Northern Thailand, we had the privilege of visiting a place called The Elephant Nature Park http://elephantnaturepark.org. This sanctuary takes mistreated or injured Asian elephants and gives them a second life. There are no rides on the elephants or other tricks performed, rather the guests and volunteers spend their days hiking with, feeding and bathing the 27 elephants. We spent 3 days there and truly enjoyed getting to know, by name, some of these magnificent creatures. A couple of favorites were Mae Boon and her baby Aura. They both were always hungry and we all enjoyed feeding time where we tossed whole pineapples, bunches of bananas and pumpkins right into their mouths.
After a few days in the restful and laid back mountain of Pai, our time in Thailand came to an end and we took the infamous 2-day slow boat trip down the Mekong River into Laos. We are now in a fabulous town, Luang Prabang - enjoying riding bikes around, eating (still) amazing food (fish cake wrapped in banana leaf for Debi, pizza for Emmett), visiting waterfalls and temples and meeting some other great travellers. Debi and Oliver have school every day while Emmett and I work on his letters and writing.
In two days, we leave for Vietnam where we will spend the rest of December. Our love and best wishes to you all!
Posted by kcrawf 10:55 PM Archived in Round the World | Laos
Hi
Keep on going. Enjoy the ride.
Love to read your journey from my kingdom of belgium...
It helps putting everything in perspective.
Just back from Orlando and good to see that you have real animals there ;-) Nothing have to be like Disney.
take care and looking to the Vietnam Piece.
The King of belgium, and family salutes you with respect
Take care
Thierry
12.04.2006 by King OB