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May 4th 2014

Published: May 5th 2014

Arrived in Chiang Mai on the 26th, smooth flights ,no hassle. A huge assault on the senses compared to Koh Lanta. Modern, highly populated and the traffic is something else. My hotel is sheer luxury compared to the volunteer accommodation, hot shower- heaven, first time I've felt clean in weeks. The water used at the center was rainwater and quite brown. Got an air conditioned room too bliss!. I'm... Read Full Entry

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We cut some banana trees here, the elephants love them too, not just the bananas

Banana plantation

The owner grew several types of fruit and showed us round, letting us taste them all. Lychees, star fruit and coconut

Mud bath

Feeding Jockia

Volunteer group

The new rescue arrival

Tawaan

The herd

Checking out the new arrival

Welcome

Little Yin Dee

Lek and Derrick

Small lady with a huge presence!

This little babies mother was killed, he is being taught to feed himself so that he can be returned to the wild

5th May 2014

Carol
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Gosh, Mae this left me in tears. I was trying to read it aloud to my daughter, but ended up sobbing. How anyone can mistreat these animals is beyond me.

8th May 2014

maygee
Eleanor May Gilchrist

Hi Carol I was the same, they showed us videos, I couldn't stop crying or believe that people could be so cruel. Lek is doing incredible work for them , not just in Thailand but Cambodia too. Please check out www.saveelephants.org

5th May 2014

Isobel MacNaughtan
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How courageous you are in your travels May - and how moving these stories of the elephants are. Good luck for the next part of your trip

8th May 2014

maygee
Eleanor May Gilchrist

Thanks Isobel, heading for Puttaparthi to an animal sanctuary, hope to be there for a couple of months.

7th May 2014

Jenni
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Have not managed to see pics but stories are heart rending! Don't know how you managed to leave here! Know you had to but must have been hars. Such beautiful creatures and such awful treatment b4 they arrived. More power to this lady's elbow! X

8th May 2014

maygee
Eleanor May Gilchrist

Hi Jenni All of them had terrible stories, the videos they showed us were heartbreaking. A week wasn't long enough, especially to get to know all the different elephants. I'm so glad that I experienced even that and seeing them free after the life they have had.

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