Elephants bareback riding.......

Elephant sanctuary
Koh Chang
Thailand

Curts View..........

Well if your on Koh Chang you might as well go and play with the elephants, and as i have never been to a zoo i was really keen to see them. Koh Chang has various different options for elephant trekking and we choose a place that was a rehabilitation centre for old logging elephants. These guys have brought the ex working elephants here to the Island so they are not mistreated or neglected, and given a decent life.


We were introduced to two elephants and went to the water hole to wash them. As i was sitting on the the back of one (trying to scrub behind the ears), she decided she didn't want to be scrubbed anymore and got out. I rode the hairy beast bareback out of the water and back to the rehabilitation centre. It was straight out of jungle book. We were then treated to a 45 min trek through the jungle, over creaks and up and down hills. It was great just to be wondering around on top of such a big mound of muscle, we stopped frequently to piss, eat and poo (the elephant that is) so it wasn't the quickest mode of transport I've ever taken and not recommended for adrenaline junkies fix. After the ride we got to feed them coconuts and bananas before saying goodbye. It was very cool and neither of us could take the smiles off our faces for hours