Skatbos in Thailand

I waited in a line of children for this picture.

During a day off in August, we (the 3 native speaking English teachers Tim, Charlowe, and I) decided to explore our own province.  We went to the local croc farm.  Although the crocodiles were pretty exciting, the elephant show was the main attraction of the day.

We spent the morning watching the crocodiles (ages 2-70 years) bask in the sun, disappear into the ponds, and we fed them raw chicken pieces.  There was a crocodile show that had guys putting body parts into the open mouths of the scary beasts.  It was actually pretty hard to watch.  I thought, “I bet they have done this 1,000 times, but the one time I

WHY......dear lord......please stop...seriously!

watch, someone will lose a limb.”  Nobody got hurt, but I did overt my eyes like I was watching a scary movie.  (Some of you may know that I HATE scary movies and am usually running from the TV or hiding under anything I can find.)

Meghan's celebrity moment.

The funniest part of the day actually occurred while wandering between attractions.  You see, there aren’t many “whities” in our province.  You may remember me mentioning that we are

Feeding chicken chunks to the crocs.

constantly stared at, well this went beyond stares.  Tim and I took about 100 photos with complete strangers that day.  Groups of Thai people would run up to us and wrap their arms around us, while a friend got pictures.  Then another group would see the first group getting their pictures taken and would run over to have their photos with the foreigners.  We actually had to just walk away a few times because they wouldn’t stop.  We’d find another location to relax and they would find us again.  We laughed pretty hard!

The elephant show was AMAZING!  I used to want to be a

Sitting pretty!

dolphin trainer when I was a kid…..screw the dolphins, elephants are the best!  These giant cuties were so amazing.  They dance, play soccer, run relays, and always leave the stage in line holding each others tails with their trunks.   I’m not sure how such giant animals can make you melt just like a kitten or puppy does.  There isn’t much else to say, the pictures prove my point!

Bet you can't do this!

Charlowe and Meghan

Tim and Megs making a new friend.