BarclAysia Day 12: Elephants and Lanterns
(posted by Emily) 30 December 2014 Chiang Mai, Thailand People come to Chiang Mai for a lot of reasons--there are many things to do here, but one of the most popular is booking an excursion to interact with elephants. When we knew we'd be stopping through, it was the first thing we booked. Rick put a lot of research into finding a company that treat its animals humanely--too often, people are riding elephants with seats or it's all a show and the animals are mistreated. Ran-Tong is an elephant rescue, saving "angry elephants" and bringing them to a place where they can be happy. I know many of you saw my album of pictures on facebook, but I wanted to still do a post on what a wonderful experience it was. Like any other excursion company, we were picked up by a minibus from our hotel. There were actually two other couples from our hotel going on the same trip with us. However, they weren't quite the kindred spirits of our new cooking class fri...