TOURISTY THINGS

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OFF ON A TOURISTY DAY TODAY, PICKED UP AT 8.15 A TO GO UP COUNTRY, FIRST STOP ELEPHANT RIDE - AWESOME! MIND YOU WITH MUM ON BOARD OUR ELEPHANT THOUGHT HE WAS GIVING HIS MATE A PIGGY-BACK! wE FED OUR ONE ABOUT TEN POUND OF BANANAS AND THE SAME OF SUGAR CAN BUT HE STILL WANTED MORE AND KEPT GROPING OUR LEGS WITH HIS TUSK - HAPPY DAYS- UNTIL MUM SAW THE STATE OF HER TROUSERS COVERED IN ELEPHANT MUCUS AND MUD!! THEN BACK ON BUS THE 'KAREN' VILLAGES, MORE BUYING, LOOKING IN VILLAGE HUT, WATCHED LADIES WEAVING AND DONE A BIT OF ARCHERY. mUM IS CONVICED THAT THEY ALL LIVE IN BIG HOUSES IN THE CITY, BUY ALL THEIR 'ETHNIC' PRODUCTS AT THE 'CASH AND CARRY' AND THE LADY WEAVER HAS BEEN MAKING THE SAME SCARF FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS - HEY HO - GOOD LUCK TO THEM! tHE KIDDIES WERE CUTE AND KNOW HOW TO GET THE 'BHAT' OUT OF YOUR PURSE - CAN'T READ OR WRITE, BUT CAN COUNT! tHEN OFF TREKKING UP TO MAEWONG WATERFALL, VERY PRETTY, MUM WAS GOING TO SWIM BUT THE WATER WAS LIKE ICE, SO WE DECIDED TO HAVE A COFFEE INSTEAD.
bACK ON BUS UP TO ANOTHER VILLAGE FOR A GREAT LUNCH; SOUP WITH TOFU, SAVOURY RICE, STIR FRIED VEG AND FRESH MELON AND PINEABPPLE - DELICIOUS!
BACK ON BUS - OFF FOR AN HOUR BAMBOO RAFTING ON THE RIVER, THEY TRY AND TIP YOU OFF BUT HAVING SEEN THE ELEPHANTS USE IT AS A W.C. WE HUNG ON FOR DEAR LIFE, WE WERE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO HANG ON WHEN WE SAW A SNAKE BASKING ON THE ROCK JUST ABOVE THE WATER LINE! BACK ON BUS AND BACK TO HOSTEL.
ABSOLUTLEY BRILLIANT DAY!!!!

GLAD JEANNIE CAM AS SHE IS ATTRACTING ALL THE MOSSIES, SO FAR THE BITE COUNT IS 12 TO J. AND 1 TO MUM. MIND YOU EVERY TIME WE GOT BACK ON THE BUS J. FELL ASLEEP - MAYBE IF SHE MOVED ABOUT A BIT MORE SHE WOULDN'T GET BITTEN.

BRILLIANT DAY AND ALL FOR 11.50 EACH. BIT STEEP DON'T YOU THINK!

WE WERE GOING TO DOWNLOAD OUR FIRST PHOTOS, BUT HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE CAN'T DO IT FROM THIS COMPUTER, SO IF NOT ON TONIGHT WILL BE ON TOMORROW.

LOVE TO YOU ALL.

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