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Mountain Biking And Elephants
Posted by Dave on October 8th, 2008
8:45 am - Began mountain biking to river - 1.5 hours (16 km) on dirt/rock road - bumpy enough to justify quality bikes. Sun came out. Hot hot. Seat was hard, didn’t have easy access to all 18 gears.
10:15 am - Arrived at a village, rest break, took five minute boat ride across river. Short walk to elephant camp.
45 minutes - My first elephant ride. I got to sit on her neck for a bit like the Mahout (trainers). Mine was 48 years old. Fed her some bananas afterwards. Elephant tongues are big and funny looking. She was sweet though.
There were a total of 6 elephants in the camp, and it was recognized as one that treats the animals humanely.
10 minutes - Boat ride to waterfall, lunch of chicken fried rice, began to rain steadily. Got soaked on boat back. Another rest break in village.
1:15 pm - Mountain biked back to Luang Prabang for 2 hours (18 km) on dirt/mud roads and pavement, all the while soaked by rain showers.
Dare Me to do something fun, weird, or challenging on the road!
Hey Dave. Care to share the name of the elephant camp? I’m on a constant search of humane animal sanctuaries, etc. in the US and elsewhere!
That spider + waterfall picture is AWESOME. Ya gotta love Mother Nature!