Elephant riding trip into the jungle, then the river.....! After an excellent lunch, onto the train ride along the "Death Railway"
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Me and Tim were amazed as our "driver" jumped off with our camera, then called the elephant to walk towards him...!
Ramon and his new wife from Mexico, on their honeymoon, descending into the river, and yes it was that steep
Me and Tim with our newly made Elephant handler hats.....!
We know how we look - thanks
Picture by Ramon, of our handler using a live step ladder to get juicy branches for elephant to eat
Back at the elephant centre, time to meet the new recruits...! Sweet eh?
Dancing in time to music
Ramons' wife gets a proper Thai massage...!
Elephant goes shopping...! Give it a 10Bhat note, it rushes to the stall, gives the cash in exchange for a goodie bag...
...you feed it the goodies, then it takes the bag and puts it in the rubbish bin for you, sorted...!
Asda trip anyone?
Me and my new friends
My shopping had to be placed in the mouth directly, not into the trunk like Tim did, they are so gentle...and very hungry...!
Burma into Thailand, built by the POW's of the Japanese in WW2, otherwise known as the death railway
The train arrives, and the signal baton is exchanged. Very old fashioned way to control a line
It was over 40 degrees and no air-con....sticking my head out, actually didn't didn't make me feel any cooler....!
How I wish these were still steam trains running all the way to Bangkok
Approaching the wooden viaduct, the train slows down. This is over 500m long, and apparently the only one left in the world
It looks so old and worn, amazing it still stands and carries the weight of heavy trains
Quite a drop down into the river, should it all go wrong, but spectacular all the same
Farmland beside the railway, look how rich the soil looks, but it was 40 degrees still remember...!
Our day trip was over. A 3 hour minibus ride back to Bangkok, luckily we had air-con, these ladies didn't (12 or more in here??)