Elephant Ride

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Both suffering from a slight hangover yesturday after a heavy night out down an Irish pub in Cheweng with the Irish lads then went to a club which we can barely remember going in.... The Irish guys can seriously drink, one had a bottle of Rum to himself and that was after more than several pints!!! There was a great Irish band playing and the drinks were so cheap compared to England!

Weather is now pretty much back to normal very hot and the beaches are realy nice. Waves are very strong and can easily take you off your feet. We have yet to take any pictures of the beach in the good weather so will have to before we leace to our next island Ko Pha Ngan.

Today nine of us paid to go on a trek which was amazing. We got to ride on the back of Elephants, held monkeys, went on the back of a Buffalo cart. Saw a huge waterfall and went swimming in it. We also got to eat Barracuda and some other Thai dishes, which were far better than anything similar you can get back home in the supermarket. The tour guides also took pictures of us which they are going to use in their new brochure. Cant realy explain everything we did very well in words so take a look at te pictures, I have put several up.

Its our last night in Ko Samui tonight. Tomorrow we are going to get te ferry across to Ko Pha Ngan where we are going to stay a week and go to one of the infamous 'full moon parties'.

Cheers for all the comments, havent had time to really reply to any as yet but will try get round to it!

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Photos

Monkeying Around
The monkey on my shoulder is actualy trained to go up the trees and throw down coconuts. While at the monkey show we also got to try fresh coconut juice and coconut.

Drunk
I cant realy remember this picture being taken........

Elephant trek
Took a wile to get used to sitting on these things 3 meters in the air. One of the Irish guys was actualy drunk and cant remember being on one though he nearly fell off half a dozen times.

More elephants
We also got the chance to ride on the elephants neck which was quite scary when it kept poking at your with its trunk and flapping its ears!

feeding time
After the trek we got to feed the elephants bananas and sugar cane. Our elephant was 44 years old, though they can live up to 80!

Mountain Top
All the gang on top of the mountain. Was over 500m drop off the side and you could see for miles. From left, Dudley, Peter, Trev(welsh), Sophie, Kim, Trev(Irish), Aimon, Shaun, and Cormac.

Magic Garden
During the trek we went to a place called the 'magic Garden'. Was built by a buddist native who lived on the island 50 years ago. Him and his wife are actualy buried there. The statues behind us are female goddesses.

Comments

[katie mills]

monkey
saw the picture of you and the monkey kim having a bit of trouble on whos you and whos the monkey.hahaha have fun love me x x xx

[katie mills]

monkey
saw the picture of you and the monkey kim but im having trouble telling whos you and whos the monkey.hahaha have fun love me x x x x x x x

[lucy]

trev miss u so much!!!!
hi hunny im missing you so much its ages till your back aswell :(. im so jelious i would love to have held that monkey so cute. not to long til june when i can see you. take care hun hope to speak to you soon lucy mwah xxXxx

[Fiskey]

Keeping up to date
Trev/Kim, Fiskey here! Been keeping up to date with the trip thanks to Jem. My computer is still not working, I need you to come back and look at it Trev! I agree with Kim those fish look disgusting and do you think that you can honestly class that as a beard!?! Jem and I are both REALLY intrigued and want to see a pic of Guru Jim, he sounds like an interesting character! I am glad that you are both enjoying yourselves. Dan

[Alley Dancer]

Not Fair
Just worked out how to check your log thing, looks so cool.I'm stuck behind a desk in grey london. Bloody night mare trying to sort out new years with out my side kick!! Looks like we will be rocking to Milton Keyenes normal rabble of people about 10 so far, wont be the same without "Midnight Kim". Dont forget to forward any pic of hot blonde, Take Care guys

[Harrington College]

Food and Drink
Paul: Bugs look tasty. Andrew: likes the look of the bugs Leigh: Get drunk. Michelle: Likes bananas too. Barbara: Wants a McDonalds as well. Neil: Good luck with the next hotel. Maureen, Mary and June: Would love to come to the "Full Moon" party, just to cramp your style. Bye for now xxxxxxxxxx

[Jemma]

Love the Elephants!
Hey Trev, Just a quick note from me to say that I love the photos of your elephant trek! It looks like you are having LOADS of fun! By the time that you get back you will have so much to tell everyone you will not know where to start! It looks like you have made plenty of friends which is nice! Where are you off to next? Dan and I are glad to see that you and Kim are enjoying yourselves. Take care and look foward to seeing the next installment. Jem