ball much to our amusement, they also served really good food, which we made the most of! We stayed there for a good few hours but then were eager to get out on the bikes again before it went dark, which is approximately 6.00 p.m.! Had another good blast around, it was wonderful riding around admiring the breathtaking scenery, we were very very happy!
Later on we went into town for food and an internet session, and wow we got to speak to Ohj and Meryl on messenger. It was mad, I hadn’t spoken to either of them for over 5 months then I got both of them at the same time. Rob also wanted to speak to Steve so I concentrated on Meryl and let Rob speak with Steve, although he didn’t get enough information about Solomon for my liking, to much City chat - hmmm!

We woke up the next day and sprung out of our rock-hard bed all excited about our

pending elephant ride! We had a cheese butty and brew for breakfast and then were off! It was only about 10 minutes away on the bikes so we arrived right on time to find our elly waiting for us!!! Our elephant was called Phanom pronounced Hanome and she was lovely but very big. We’d opted for bareback riding as this meant you could go into the river swimming with them! The first problem was how to get on, Phanom lifted her right leg then you were supposed to climb onto her leg, grab her ears and pull yourself up. Rob managed but I couldn’t and I also didn’t like pulling her ears so hard so opted for the steps up to a large platform and hopped on from there. Wow it was a long way up! We were both on the same elephant and it took a bit of getting used to but we soon got into her rhythm and she liked to keep stopping to have a snack and wait for her friend as there were 2 elephants out on the ride! It was brilliant if I little uncomfy but the views were great so it made up for the already aching legs! We