Eff PR -I want to be a mahout when I grow up

My life is complete.

I wasn’t wearing a loin cloth, but I did indeed make it to elephant camp.

The first full day in Kanchanaburi included a fun-filled adventure of elephant camp and rafting. The rafting was cool. But the elephant trekking was, well, elephant trekking. Clearly this was the highlight.

Elephants are amazing. And slightly hairier than I imagined. And really not smelly at all, which is stunning considering how smelly I always am in this country.

I mean, I’m not as smelly as Nate, but I don’t smell like roses either. Perfume attracts bugs, so I had to cut that shit out.

Our little baby elephant was a doll face, and didn’t even require a rider/driver for most of the trip. Our mahout (elephant driver dude) actually jumped off and stole my camera for most of the ride – the Thais love taking pics, apparently. So I have a whole photo shoot of the adventure, as well as a lovely picture of elephant appendage. See below.


It’s only like that when they pee – but still man, that’s a seriously apparatus.

I was really just giddy with delight the entire time I was on this thing. Seriously. Giddy and excited and a little terrified that I would fall off this dinky bench they strapped to the elephant and plummet to my death.

Mostly I was just excited though.

We got a chance to ride on the neck of the elephants too, which is where the mahouts usually ride. Yessssssss. So basically you just brace yourself on the ears and head of this thing and hope that it likes you.

I heart elephants. I can’t wait for the other elephant camp. Where I get to stay overnight and perform in the elephant show. OMG.

Eff PR - I want to be a mahout when I grow up.