We have booked in for a mahout course-how difficult can it be? TUK TUK to river then boat to elephant camp-clamber aboard Dumbo and stroll through the jungle hacking off leeches with a machete-down to the river to wash the elephants and ride them in the river-turns out they are slippery little suckers and Frank is dumped twice dumped into the "pristine" Mekong-no doubt contracting a wide variety of tropical diseases and parasites with long Latin names.In the evening we meet Frank the French tourguide(FTFT) plus the group of retirees and psychopaths who will be our travelling companions for the next 10 DAYS! A brief briefing then a jolly communal dinner.
That elephant ride looks like fun!!
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