After our early start on this second day we arrived at a tiny village, maybe it wasn't a village, I'm not sure... anyway, we got there a little before lunch time. We sat and chilled for a while, watching the elephants, Thai people jumping and then had noodles for lunch. They were literally packet ramen noodles with a bit of cabbage thrown in, actually quite good, if a little carby... After lunch we climbed onto our elephants. They were well kept I thought, in their natural habitat and not tied up or painted. I saw some kept in very bad conditions in India so it was good to see things much better here in Thailand! Despite being very relaxed around animals, having grown up with them all my life, none have been quite so big as
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