A couple days ago I decided to do one of the tourist attraction tours. Since it is still my "birthday week", it really is not such a bad idea, in fact it's a great idea. We went on one that included: Drive out to elephant camp; Bamboo raft down river; elephant camp experience including: feed and ride elephant and watch them perform; ride in an oxcart; lunch. The elephants are amazing! Ruby and I love them! Ruby is such a fearless little 4 year old, she just hopped on top of that elephant and looked like a princess. Riding on an elephant is bumpy, but fun. Ride on the oxcart is much smoother. Ruby even said, "I like riding a bull much more than elephant". The youngest elephant we saw was 2 months old -- so, so cute! Did you know elephants only sleep 3 hours a night, and they eat about 250 kg's of food a day!? Ruby loved to feed them bananas and sugar cane (and so did I), but at one point one of the elephants sneezed and Ruby's dress got elephant snot on it, she didn't like that so much, she's quite particular about her dresses!
Two of the women on the same tour just came from India. They reported to me that the temperature was up to 50 C degrees. That must be 110-120 F degrees. It is summer there, and I am aware that it will be hot, now I'm pondering the idea of postponing our trip for a month....or well, what the heck, maybe let's just get thrown in the heat of it all!
Back at our guesthouse new guests arrived: a couple with their 7 year old daughter Julia, Yay! Someone to play with Ruby. It turns out they are from Tasmania and know of a family that I know of that sailed from Kodiak across the Pacific. Small world!
The world becomes a smaller place the more I travel. This isn't the first time I've run into someone who knows someone I know. It's great, the world is truly a beautiful and wonderful place. I feel so blessed and am thankful that I can see and experience so much of it.
"Be content with what you have,
take joy in the way things are.
When you realize nothing is lacking
The whole world belongs to you."
~ Tao Te Ching
Dayna, not very long ago I came across a card you sent me (with a purple feather on it) and this quote was written inside. And here I run across it again from you. It made me stop and think when saw the card and now today, it made me stop and think again. This is speaking to me.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog. I get to know what you are doing, how you are feeling and how it is going.
Love you - Krista