There was a few of us out of our big group that had a big interest in seeing/riding/washing elephants... some had already done it and some just wanted to go home. So, three of us stayed and traveled about 30 minutes outside of Dambulla to ride elephants. Once we actually found the place/people we needed to find in this tiny town, they took us in this jungle vehicle to the lake and place where they kept the elephants. I would say they had about 10-15? That we could see at least. We started almost immediately. The three of us hopped on top and they took us for a nice long ride. It was cool cuz we got to see other elephants along the way along with different animals like cool birds, big lizards, and peacocks (with the feathers out, it was so pretty). At the end of the trail, the elephant got in the water for a little bit which was fun and different. Along the entire walk we got to feed the elephants bananas, maybe a little incentive for the elephant to keep going haha. On our journey back, each of us got to take turns riding on the elephants head/neck for a while which was SO cool, a bit uncomfortable, but totally worth it. Our guide walked along the trail with us and explained things as we went along, he also took one of our cameras and took awesome pictures along the way. It was a friend's camera so hopefully those pictures will be up in the next couple of weeks.
After the elephant adventures, we hopped on another public transit bus and took the 7 hour journey home. I don't think I've ever been more excited to get off a bus and finally just get home. We were exhausted, crabby, and achy from the madness of public transportation.
Once we were finally home, we met up with the other volunteers at the hotel in town, had a much needed dinner and glass of wine and said our goodbyes to a couple volunteers that were leaving that night.
No comments:
Post a Comment