Today we began our stay at the Elephant Nature Park, about 60 km from Chiang Mai, situated right here in the Thai jungle! Immediately after arriving here we had the chance to feed an elephant and then walked around the fields to meet other elephants. Alex even was taken to see Yindee an elephant he mentioned in his speech for school. It was fantastic! We've had our orientation day learning about the treatment of the elephants here in Thailand (mostly for the tourist trade...horrible stuff) and how the elephants live here in the sanctuary. We are so excited for our upcoming days here! Of course we're here for work too and today our job was unloading pumpkins from a truck to the cutting area to get the food ready for the elephants. They eat a lot...over 200 kg each, each day! For today, that meant a lot of pumpkins to move. It was a fun, relaxed atmosphere so the work was enjoyable. Tonight we have a welcoming ceremony and then enjoy more fantastic Thai food for dinner (meals are buffet and at lunch our eyes lit up with all the delicious food laid out!!!). We have wifi here, so we'll try to Skype and show you the amazing spot we're in!
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