The Write Way Around: Traveling Tales

Ride an Elephant? Check

I’m in Chiang Mai, Thailand, right now after a 12 hour long bus ride. Wasn’t too terrible, as it was over night, and arriving at 6 a.m. yesterday after a long trip to this city didn’t keep us from doing something all of us have dreamed about at one point: renting a MoPed and driving around the city.

But I achieved my ultimate bucket list goal: riding elephants!

Chiang Mai went beyond my expectations. From the moment we walked through these old city streets, dotted with monks collecting their daily rations from the locals, I knew I found my heart in Thailand. Bangkok, you were cool, but Chiang Mai, you made my mouth drop within just a few minutes.
It was an awesome first day, but today is a day I’ve been waiting for. It is now 7:30 a.m., and it is already so hot it feels like you could fry and egg on the sidewalk, and today is the day where we go to the nature park to ride elephants, train them and play with them in the water. This is literally going to be one of the best days of my life.