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worked, oblivious as the happy elephants ers, we satisfied our elephant-size appetites
did exactly what Joe predicted. Only when with a hearty lunch - and frosty beers.
we looked at photos and videos did we see It’s said that elephants never forget. I
coconut-size poop bobbing on the water. doubt these ones will remember us, but we
Turns out that elephants absolutely love will never forget them. Long after our drive
a good scrub. And before we left the pond, back to Chiang Mai, long after our celebra-
they showered us with gratitude, literally, tory farewell dinner, long after our good-
spraying us again and again with water. Be- byes and flights home - that joyful, muddy,
lieve me, there's here’s nothing quite like remarkable day lives on.
bonding with a five-ton animal while up to
your knees in water under the Thai sun. Af- IF YOU GO: oattravel.com
ter lots of high fives and cold-water show-
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