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Picked up around 8am, we will pick you up directly from your hotel (indicated at the time of booking). Time to go around the hotels of the other customers plus others who arrived directly from the station and we left for the park around Mae Taeng, an hour north of Chiang Mai.[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
The first thing you see when you arrive is the food reserve, here there is enough to feed the elephants for two days.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2"]
Overview of part of the park.[/caption]
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The day begins after a briefing on an elephant feeding session.[/caption]
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Snack.[/caption]
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The park also serves as a shelter for dogs.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
After the elephants it will be our turn to eat.[/caption]
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This one is in bad shape...[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
At the table![/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Lots of choice, that's a well-stocked plate.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Now it's bath time.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
There's one who seems to be happy about it.[/caption]
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The park is clearly popular as there were a lot of people there (it's a shame, I would have preferred it to be a bit more "intimate" but so much the better for the park which obviously needs funds to maintain all these people)[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
It's a bit like the "Songkran" of elephants.[/caption]
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Hmm... bon appétit, we had indeed been told that dogs like fresh elephant poop (only).[/caption]
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After a while it's not just the elephants who get sprayed.[/caption]
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Myself in action.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
A latecomer.[/caption]
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That's some posing![/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
These people will go into exile for a little while.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Calm has returned.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
We return to the observation post.[/caption]
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Construction of “scrapers”.[/caption]
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Solo bath.[/caption]