Except for going to the elephant farm today. We got to feed baby elephants mini bananas and sugar cane. You could also pose with the elephants. They would wrap their trunks around you for one photo and then put a hat on you. It was super cute. Especially when this one crazy lady (she was wearing leopard print leggings with five inch heels, far too much make up on, and a shawl. To an elephant park. Where elephants walk everywhere and go to the bathroom everywhere. Not the smartest outfit) who tried to feed an elephant a single banana. What happened was that the elephant realized that the rest of the bananas and sugar were just as close so he(?) went in for the buffet. She tried to hold on to her goods but the elephant won, much to her anger.
Then I went up to pose with an elephant who acted like a curious dog. Basically, it smelled my butt, much to the amusement of everyone on AT. He(?) then placed a hat on my head so I tipped him 20 baat. You tip everyone in Thailand except waitresses.
After that lovely encounter we claimed seats for the elephant show. The elephants showed off their musical skills with harmonicas, their painting skills, and their logging skills, then played soccer, basketball and darts. As we were leaving the arena the elephants came up to the edge (looking for tips) and one flung some snot at me. Not the souvenir I wanted to bring home. The most interesting thing I noticed about the elephants was their eyes. They're about the size of our eyes which makes them really tiny compared to their big heads.
The oddest on this trio so far was that the bathrooms there were the best ones we have seen so far. There was toilet paper in every stall, along with the complementary butt hose, and soap at every sink. Plus paper towels to dry your hands. You would not believe how hard it is to find all these things.
The rest of the day was somewhat boring. The ducklings took their first songthaew ride by ourselves to the mall to get some groceries. Because that's where they supermarket is, in the basement of the mall. All sugar here is super expensive which isn't good because I'm having major chocolate cravings. After grabbing some snacks for the room (I'm going to start investing in fresh fruit from the markets to nibble on instead of Oreos) we decided to go to Dairy Queen. The menu here is different from back home, starting with the green tea and red bean blizzard. Blizzards come in waffle cones here and they put sprinkles on the dipped cones. They also turn the blizzards upside down before giving them to you. Explored some more of the mall, decided that I will only venture there for food from now on. The clothes don't fit and the salespeople followed me around like I was going to shoplift. Not a great atmosphere to make purchases.
I'm going to sleep now. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow. Morning everyone!!
^Some elephant paintings. They really like orange flowers^
Lizard count: 4
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