Not much to report today. I'm still very tired after my mammoth 16 hour journey and arrived at the elephant sanctuary meeting office in Chang Mai at 8 am this morning. A litter of puppies had just been brought in by a couple of tourists; they had found them abandoned behind a bin. There is also a dog sanctuary here, 35 elephants and 400 dogs, one of which pissed all over our luggage, bloody cheek.
A leisurely day checking in and getting our bearings. We watched a really distressing video regarding the ancient Thai custom for breaking in the elephants. They are caged and beaten for days until they capitulate. The founder of the sanctuary, Lek Chilert is trying to re-educate the mahout to use positive praise instead, she practises it very successfully here at the sanctuary.
Here are some pictures I have taken...
Before dinner we received a traditional Thai blessing, I should now have plenty of good fortune, hurrah.
What famous 20th century historical figure does this cat resemble? The locals call him Uncle Moustache.
Have met some fabso people which will probably mean bloggingtons will be short. Off to bed, over and out xxx
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