Ella was just a quick stop on our way to Kanda by train, renowned for its scenic journey through the central highlands of Sri Lanka.
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]
Continuation of this 7th day with the Nan – Chiang Mai journey, a road which takes us down to cross the mountainous roads of the north of the country.
Originally I had planned to go to Lampang to a center that is a hospital for elephants, my parents wanted to go see elephants in a different context than walks and games. Knowing that in her desire my mother did in particular
This is a day where I would have difficulty defining where we went. First, we returned to the Pua area before retracing our steps, this time to go west of the
The continuation and end of this 5th day while we are back in Nan, we take the time to visit a village in the surrounding area, which has a temple indicated in the guides.
The second half of the day will be less of a pleasure, with the rain setting in quite brutally as we begin the climb into the mountains. We stop as best we can on the side of the road,
I had arranged to meet the day before to get the scooter at 8am, which will be done, having just returned from my sunrise, things are going well, Jitima is ready, we leave after breakfast. But
And finally, I was feeling better! Because despite the "catastrophe" of the day before, I found the strength to get up again at 4 a.m. for a sunrise.
6th day already and we are starting the most westerly route where we will go to Java heading towards Dieng Plateau, especially known for the remains of its temple in the middle of the valley as well as these
After this "courtesy" stroll, we return to collect our luggage, heading for Wonosobo, an intermediate stop before Dieng Plateau. The journey lasts about 3 hours. We sit at the back of the bus, which is more practical for our luggage. There, a man dressed in traditional Muslim attire, with a small goatee and skullcap on
For this day, still accompanied by the French people we had met, we left early this morning to reach Nha Trang (pronounced Nia Trang), a seaside resort not essential for us to visit, but included in the list of stops (via our tickets
To start this day, we rent a motorbike right in front of our hotel, it will be the first time, for lack of choice that I will try a manual version, finally, I will find that in reality, it is semi-automatic, not like
This 4th day of our Vietnamese journey would take us from the beach and the sun of Mui Né to the high plateau of Dalat, a mountain resort located at an altitude of 1500 m. A quick trip to the Mui Né market We wanted to