Up at 6.00 for a 6.30 start. I'm working with Joe today on Nam Chock, though Emily, Hannah ,joe and I decided to work together on Boonmee and Nam Chock. Till 7.30 we scatter fed and composted and collected dung. We also made the banana balls and fed them and soaked the fruit in potassium to kill off the bugs. Breakfast till 9.00, then everyone collected to compost from Nam Chock in a truck to be dumped up at New Lands. We then scatter fed and collected dung and c...

Up at 6.00 for a 6.30 start. Today I was on Pai Lin, Sea Puak and Duephen with Helena and Hannah. Helena and I went to collect the fruit for our elephants as well as Khan Kuay and Somboon. We then walked up the top with Helena, and Hannah joined us en route. Up top we then fed the elephants with banana trees which we had to chop up with a machete. We then soaked the fruit in the potassium. We were unable to clean the enclosures as no mahout was around, nobody can...

Up at 6.00 for a 6.30 start. Today I was on Pai Lin, Sea Puak and Duephen with Helena and Hannah. Helena and I went to collect the fruit for our elephants as well as Khan Kuay and Somboon. We then walked up the top with Helena, and Hannah joined us en route. Up top we then fed the elephants with banana trees which we had to chop up with a machete. We then soaked the fruit in the potassium. We were unable to clean the enclosures as no mahout was around, nobody can...

Up at 8.30, breakfast and left the hotel at 10.30. The day was spent exploring the other end of the city, eealking to the segment of city wall which has been rebuilt to show what would have been there before it was destroyed in the 1800's. I also took in 2 more temples ....., in ...... The young monks were enjoying some relaxation time playing with their toy bb guns. I then had lunch at around 2.30 at the streetside noodle stall. After a cool drink at a bar down ...

Up at 8.30 today, and a leisurely morning awaited, as had elephant ride booked, leaving hotel at 1.00pm. Strolled into town for an iced cappuccino, then went to bank to change some money, (got a poorer rate than before). Walked back to hotel to relax and wait for my guide. At 1.00pm we met in Foyer, (again it was just Addy, my guide, and me). We took a local rickshaw to the riverside landing point 15 minutes away, where we got onto a Longtail boat. The boat trip ...