Chiang Mai from above

If you look really closely you can see a train of lovely elephants in the distance with people riding on their backs. Have you ever riddent through a lush forrest atop an elepants back in Thailand? Me either, but as soon as we get there I'm booking the first elephant ride I can find.

You might be thinking, "Riding an elephant? A person who feels compassion for all animals is going to subject a poor creature to such things for the pure entertainment of a stupid tourist?"

The answer to that is yes and no. It really depends. I won't ride in one of those carriages they have around Melbourne where the horses just look miserable carting around stupid tourists who can't walk around the city for themselves. If these elephants were to carry people around the city on asphalt and then roasted to a crisp for tourists to eat on skewers then I'd have a problem. I'm not going to eat the elephant, just ride on its back through a rive. Afterwards I'll give it what ever sort of treat it wants. I don't know what elephants eat. Sugar cubes maybe? I don't know I'll find out when I get to Thailand.