1961 Magazine Fall 2016
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HISTORY & TRAVEL<br />
Please note the statue behind the Big Guy. It’s actually<br />
very beautiful itself.<br />
Hopefully by now you are starting to see that Phuket has<br />
so much more to offer compared to its first impression.<br />
The place is amazing and has so much to do OUTSIDE<br />
of the towns and villages. One could easily rent a<br />
scooter and travel around for an entire day or two easily.<br />
However, if you do this please be very careful to take<br />
great care especially in the villages. As I mentioned<br />
earlier the towns are also dangerous for pedestrians,<br />
partly due to the fact that there are very few paths<br />
(sidewalks) so you may end up walking in the street<br />
itself with vehicles zooming past you and secondly<br />
because traffic is all over the place and not necessarily<br />
in one lane or even going the correct direction. Sadly<br />
we witnessed the potential danger of Phuket village<br />
roads first hand.<br />
The next day started with great expectations. We<br />
were collected early from the hotel and driven up<br />
high into the mountains. The road in was beautiful.<br />
Green mountains filled with cashew and banana trees.<br />
There was a gentle breeze blowing through the trees<br />
making the weather right for a very special jungle<br />
safari. I didn’t know much about elephants. I only knew<br />
that they were considered smart creatures, they are<br />
poached illegally for their ivory tusks and that they<br />
are big. That about sums up everything I knew about<br />
elephants. So to experience one up close and personal<br />
seemed like it would be a pleasant experience. Once we<br />
arrived at the elephant refuge, we were shown around<br />
and explained a few different things regarding local<br />
customs and the like. We had the local style coffee<br />
and were shown how to make Red Thai Curry – I love<br />
cooking so that was fabulous! However everyone<br />
was truly there to see one thing and that was the<br />
elephants. Then we saw one, a young female elephant<br />
around 6 years old. She was playful and loved being<br />
touched. So I grabbed my daughter, as you do, and<br />
she touched the elephant too. It was amazing. Now<br />
my wife is pretty much petrified of every creature that<br />
isn’t human. Despite constant reassurances that the<br />
elephants were friendly she was petrified. Still she did<br />
her best to get a selfie with the baby elephant and<br />
was eventually successful at her goal.<br />
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<strong>1961</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2016</strong>
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