Thanks for reminding me mom.
I completely forgot to write about the animal encounters that i wanted so badly from this whole program. those of you who spoke to me before i went may remember that the only clear goal i had was to see an elephant up close. well now i have touched one! i fed it bamboo (i think)! it was sort of amazing and sort of sad and not at all the kind of closeness to an elephant that i desired. it was some man riding an elephant through the streets so he could sell the food to tourists to let them feed it. it was still kind of a baby and the man on it had an ice pick thing that i never saw him use on it but was clearly intended for that purpose. dispite those sad conditions it was still really cool to be able to have an elephant wrap its trunk around your arm. though a little terrifying after seeing a "tame" elephant wreck jeff corwins arm on anderson. anyway it was really cool.
i had an equally touristy encounter with monkeys. thousands of monkeys. the little ones that are known for being extremely volatile. there was this really old wat that had a whole monkey reserve right outside it where you could feed them. they would just stand around you and reach up to take the food from your hands. or growl from behind you, race up, and rip the plastic bag of food from your hands, then tear the ear off of another monkey because it tried to touch the bag. a simulataneously amazing and terrifying experience. yeah that was fun.
i think thats it. catch yall on the flip side.
I completely forgot to write about the animal encounters that i wanted so badly from this whole program. those of you who spoke to me before i went may remember that the only clear goal i had was to see an elephant up close. well now i have touched one! i fed it bamboo (i think)! it was sort of amazing and sort of sad and not at all the kind of closeness to an elephant that i desired. it was some man riding an elephant through the streets so he could sell the food to tourists to let them feed it. it was still kind of a baby and the man on it had an ice pick thing that i never saw him use on it but was clearly intended for that purpose. dispite those sad conditions it was still really cool to be able to have an elephant wrap its trunk around your arm. though a little terrifying after seeing a "tame" elephant wreck jeff corwins arm on anderson. anyway it was really cool.
i had an equally touristy encounter with monkeys. thousands of monkeys. the little ones that are known for being extremely volatile. there was this really old wat that had a whole monkey reserve right outside it where you could feed them. they would just stand around you and reach up to take the food from your hands. or growl from behind you, race up, and rip the plastic bag of food from your hands, then tear the ear off of another monkey because it tried to touch the bag. a simulataneously amazing and terrifying experience. yeah that was fun.
i think thats it. catch yall on the flip side.
3 comments:
Steph
Glad to see the Clarks get you through...they do for me too! They were on SVC campus last month... and I just thought how awesome it was that they are still doing their thing 20 years later! (cousin Dana & I saw them play when you were but a toddler :-). Play "Three Wishes" three times in a row tomorrow...I'm sure it will give you the energy to get through eating fried whatevers. Gotta tell you...I would have been on the next plane home after the garbage dump experience. You are something! We're so proud of your tenacity. Love Melissa & The Cooks
p.s. tell me your iPod has "Three Wishes"!!! If not, we'll get it to ya!
surprisingly of the hundred some songs i have i do not have that one. email it to me or something if you get the chance! i am spreading the clarks love while here by the way, it may have taken 20 years but they are going international!
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