Had one of the best day trips ever today. We visited an elephant sanctuary which has 36 elephants, 200 rescue dogs and some other animals. Some of the elephants are blind from the abuse they had, some have broken hips and scars. A couple are from Cambodia that have stood on land mines when logging.
The elephants are all free range but hang out in unrelated “families”. When a new elephant comes to the park it usually gets adopted and looked after by another elephant who has had similar experiences. The blind elephants have got friends that look after them and guide them around.
We got to feed to them from huge buckets of bananas, pineapple and melon. We washed them in the river and cuddled them. They are the most amazing animals, so strong but so gentle and sensitive.
Made friends with an english / irish couple and went for drinks and food. They knew a place that sold cheap wine (hard to come by) and we had a really fun night chatting.
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