Koh Samui – Day 5 (22/12/11)
We woke up early this morning for a date with Molly. She is
a beautiful soul, stunningly gorgeous, and the same age as Dave & I. She
has grey hair and skin that feels like sand paper but we love her for all of
her. We met her this morning at the Elephant Trek center in Phuket where we got to
hop on board her back and go for a peaceful ride through the jungle. Sabi followed behind on her own elephant with her trainer, Wow Wow, who was lazier than the guy who invented
the Japanese flag. He didn’t bother to hop on so she got to take his spot in
the driver’s seat right atop of her elephant’s head.
She didn’t hesitate to sit
right up there above the ears because we were told a few days back that the
elephant will run away if no one is sitting on the head, and she wasn’t going
to take her chances. Dave and I got to take the reins and guide Molly for a
bit. When lunch time rolled around for the baby elephant, Sabi & I fed him bananas and milk and got some extra wet kisses (right in the dimple!) for the treats. It was another amazing Thailand experience that won’t soon be forgotten.
The rest of the afternoon was another one in transit, as we jetted from Phuket
on a short hour island hop to Koh Samui. We arrived to our hostel, the
Boardroom, owned by a friendly Aussie guy. It’s a big spacious bungalow that we
have all to ourselves and we have been enjoying this new found space. We lucked
out big time with a banana pancake stand parked right out the front. You know
the scooters i mentioned in the last post, well just forget bringing that crazy
uncle in the side cart and strap on a pancake grill instead and you are open
for business. Sabi ordered a banana and chocolate parcel of goodness and Dave
picked a banana, peanut butter and nutella bundle and they were what dreams are
made of... honestly Dave had a dream about one last night! We are only staying
here one night to break up the travel to Koh Phangan, where we are heading
tomorrow morning and will settle in for Christmas, although it couldn’t really
feel less like the holidays if you ask us! Not in a bad way, just in a long hot
summer holiday kind of way.
Koh Samui – Day 5 (22/12/11)
She didn’t hesitate to sit
right up there above the ears because we were told a few days back that the
elephant will run away if no one is sitting on the head, and she wasn’t going
to take her chances. Dave and I got to take the reins and guide Molly for a
bit. When lunch time rolled around for the baby elephant, Sabi & I fed him bananas and milk and got some extra wet kisses (right in the dimple!) for the treats. It was another amazing Thailand experience that won’t soon be forgotten.
The rest of the afternoon was another one in transit, as we jetted from Phuket
on a short hour island hop to Koh Samui. We arrived to our hostel, the
Boardroom, owned by a friendly Aussie guy. It’s a big spacious bungalow that we
have all to ourselves and we have been enjoying this new found space. We lucked
out big time with a banana pancake stand parked right out the front. You know
the scooters i mentioned in the last post, well just forget bringing that crazy
uncle in the side cart and strap on a pancake grill instead and you are open
for business. Sabi ordered a banana and chocolate parcel of goodness and Dave
picked a banana, peanut butter and nutella bundle and they were what dreams are
made of... honestly Dave had a dream about one last night! We are only staying
here one night to break up the travel to Koh Phangan, where we are heading
tomorrow morning and will settle in for Christmas, although it couldn’t really
feel less like the holidays if you ask us! Not in a bad way, just in a long hot
summer holiday kind of way. 
1 comment:
Wow, looks like so much fun! What an experience. I am with your sister, best be careful. When my sister was in South East Asia and they did an elephant ride they had no choice but to sit on the head. The funny part was the elephants went in the water and just kept bucking them all off. They were told to do so, and my sister said it was fun. We even watched the video to prove it. So glad you are having such an amazing time for your Christmas Break!!! Keep up the posts, I am back to work so it keeps me busy while Colin is off. :)
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