Last Day was back to Ele kitchen to make banana balls and scrubbing pumpkins, After we had a group photo taken and said goodbye to Geoffrey and Laura and also Allison that all had early flights. After we took saffron ribbon to tie around the trees, this is a Buddhist blessing and prevents loggers for cutting them down. Our last lunch was as delicious as ever, we had time for one last bath time before heading back into town, was sad to leave ENP, not just the El...

Ele Kitchen again ;o)Spent the morning making more Banana balls for the ElephantsBath time today was great we managed to get away from most of the day trippers and it was just the Volunteers, we bathed Joika and Mai Perm (Jokia is blind in both eyes she was blinded by her old Mahout who was angry with her so shot her in the eye with a slingshot and stabbed her other eye) Joika and Mai Perm are best friends and you can really Tell and see there friendship, especia...

Ele poo again! Its incredible how much this palace resolves around food, Ele food/feeding, Our feeding, just a the Elephants line up to be feed so do the volunteers, especially for lunch as there is always loads more people due to the day trippers, so all the volunteers lone up first to get the best bits. This afternoon most the group headed to do fencing while me and Marilyn scrubbed pumpkins and helped unload banana stalks. Afterward we walked up to the Villa...

Its amazing how quickly this all starts to become part of normal life, First Breaky @7, start work at 8, Feeding @ 11. Lunch Bath time @1pm, 2pm afternoon chores, 4 another feeding 6.30 Dinner! Today we started in Ele (Elephant) Kitchen, Not a lot of food had arrived so we made Banana Balls which mean, peeling Banana's, Mashing Banana's, added dried corn and wheat germ and round into balls, a treat for the Elephants, before lunch the watermelons arrived, best wa...

Morning job was corn fields which involved breaking off the top of the corn trees and bundling them up for the Ele's, to eat during the night.The bottom of the corn/tree was left for the next job.Afternoon was Elephant walk which we walked thought the park and our VC, Dino told us more about each Ele, there history and how they come to ENP. With 37 Ele's in ENP it is hard to remember all the names, Jungle Boy and Hope stand out as they are both growing males and ...