Got woken up for breakfast at 8:30 and made sure I had got everything. Had to wait for the tuktuk to come and pick me back up so played a game of jenga with my guide while I was waiting.
Got dropped off about half way to the elephant sanctuary and hiked through some more jungle to the most amazing waterfalls. Had an early morning swim to wake me up, was really beautiful! Then another hike to find the elephants again. Same ones as yesterday but there was a new one today as well, a big momma who was 50 years old! She had been in a local village yesterday for a Buddhist festival. All of the elephants here have been rescued from the horrible places that chain them up and let people ride on them, had to be so careful when I was booking this that I found a place where the elephants were happy and well looked after, just down the river we could see people riding some others. But you could just tell how much the mahoots loved them and knew everything about them! Did the same again today but got to play in the water a bit more with them, then it started to rain and the baby got really excited because he loves the rain! Was so nice to spend proper time with the elephants doing what they would normally do. Has just made me love them even more! Was talking to the guide and he said I should go back out there and stay with them in the camp! Something to consider!! Got a minibus back to Chiang Mai and checked back into the hostel.
Really wanted a bamboo tattoo while I was here and there was a place just across the street so I couldn't resist! I had heard it hurt a lot less than normal tattoos but this is a lie! Hurt just as much and I forgot to breathe as normal! Haha! Had a yin and yang on the back of my arm and I love it! It healed after a couple of hours without having to put any cream on it or anything! So much better! Had a wonder around the town, my hostel is really quiet so not many people about, which is good in a way as I wanted to have this last week chilling out a bit and not partying so much! Booked myself a Thai cooking course for in the morning then got an early night and watched a couple of films!!