After a bug infested night, there are days and er nights that I’m really grateful for insect repellent. We got up as per our normal fashion about 8ish and headed back to the P Guest House for breakfast.
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We made it though the night in more or less one piece, woken up by the screaming kid next door in the bungalow next to ours. I think we both had the same thought at that point, as in is it worth it getting up, going outside, knocking on the door just to get ones hands around the neck of said kid.
Today I got slobbered on by an elephant… Ok… it was a baby elephant, only 3 - 4 years old and I paid 20 baht for the experience. I would like to think that the money I paid will go to the upkeep of the elephants and not to the handler. This was the same elephant that made me jump last night when, after dinner, it snuck up behind me (how can an elephant sneak?) and demanded someone feed it (Edit from Cath: Since Cass brought it up not me, my hands are clean! When said elephant snuck up on her - I watched it come down the road but failed to mention it - Cass hearing a ‘strange noise’ looked over her shoulder and upon seeing a baby elephant about 1/2 m away from her jumped a mile in shock… I kindly laughed at the situation… I will not even mention the squeal… opps, I think I just did…)... I watched last night, so tonight I knew the routine. For 20 baht I got to feed it small sticks of bamboo which it eagerly grabbed from my hand, nudging me if I was too slow… Cathy, and half the restaurant, took the opportunity for a quick photo snap. I came away with elephant slobber over both my hands and a triumphant wave from the elephant.. well… he raised his trunk at me at what looked like a wave…
Ok so this morning after our excesses of the nigh before we had a sleep in, er, well we woke up about the same time and er we got up about 8ish… so I guess that even though we planned to sleep in we didn’t. Wasn’t from the want of trying though. (edit from Cass… something about bloody noisy neighbours again…)
So here I sit on my sleeper watching as the train stirs. People wake start ordering juice and coffee. A few use the immobility of the train at this time to go up to the toilet (beats peeing on your leg because the train rocks at the wrong time!).
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