Visiting the Thai Elephant Conservation Center to meet our beloved elephants 1

#0yentripautumn The third trip to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in 2024 This time, I took Thai Airways to Bangkok, then AirAsia to Chiang Mai, where my darling, a staff member at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, came to pick me up by car. It was about an hour and 80 km by car. For breakfast, I had a lot of homemade glutinous rice from my friendly mahout (elephant trainer), side dishes I bought, porridge from my homestay, and side dishes I bought myself! We even had the leftovers for lunch (lol) Our beloved orphaned elephant, Bunlong, is 15 years old, and it's sad that his tusks have gotten so long that we can't get close without a fence You can see the elephants bathing twice a day, and for 50 baht (about 200 yen), you buy two elephant food sets each time and give them to the tip of the elephant's trunk, and some elephants even open their mouths When bathing, the elephants blow water from their trunks Water often comes over us and we get wet It's hot in Thailand, so it's lucky to be able to bathe (lol) #ThailandElephantConservationCenter