Today was our "free day" in Louang Prabang, so there were no activities planned by the tour leader, we were responsible for finding things to do on our own. Just about everyone decided to take a half day excursion to an elephant refuge.
Once there, we went on a trail ride with the elephants for an hour, then got to go swimming with them! I decided to ride sitting on the elephants neck, though they also provided a bench to sit on if you wanted to instead. It took a while to get over the feeling that you were going to fall face first off the elephant, but once you got used to it, it was similar to horse riding. Use your thighs to hold yourself on, your arms keep you upright. By the end of the trip my arms and legs were both shaking. After the trail ride, they led the elephants down to the river, and we got to swim around them and sit and stand on them while they splashed around. (and threw us off) It was awesome fun, though I'm sore today!
After that another girl and myself went to the folk arts museum and did a class on the natural clothing dyes they have here. It was ok, but rather boring. Meeting up with the group we went to dinner then out for drinks, as is the norm now. Overall, a very entertaining day!
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Current location: Luang Prabang, Laps. Though today we drive 7 hours to Vang Vieng. Not looking forward to this!
Listening to: roosters crowing. It's 6:30am here. I thought I was supposed to be on vacation!
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