Elephants in Pai

When we were in Pai Mom surprised me by saying, “Ezra, happy birthday, we are going to ride elephants today for your birthday present!” Then I said, “Wow thanks Mom thats  awesome!”

When we loaded up in the car I was giddy as a school boy, only I wasn’t a school boy.

When we  saw the elephant camp and we got out I thought to myself, “Wow that’s so cool, I’ve never seen a elephant that I can touch!” There was a guy with a large knife, he chopped some banana leaves up for us to feed the elephant.

Then the  guy put a banana leaf behind his back and the elephant hugged him to get the leaf.

A woman came and and asked if we wanted tea. We had tea then we went to the elephants.

First Elisha and Gabe got on theirs then Dad and I get on ours. I thought to myself,  “Man this is at least ten feet!” When I asked dad how tall it was he said it was twelve feet at most.

Then the elephant started to walk. After a while on tarmac we turn onto a dirt road. Then we go deeper into the jungle. We see fields and once and a while a elephant would take a plant out of the field.

Then we saw a river and the guy led the elephants into the river. We got wet because the elephant sprayed us. Our elephants started to play with us buy shaking us off.

When we went  back to the camp  we ate lunch and played with the elephants. On the way to the hot tub we saw a dog killing a cat.  We scared the dog away then we went to the hot tub.

We played with the elephant and said good bye. Just before we left a woman brought a elephant book and gave it to me for my birthday before we drove off.

It was the best day of the trip and I liked it.

Here is the video my sister made about the day: