Neither Rachel or I enjoy riding on the back of scooters so its been avoided till today. Rachel was very nervous ahead of her first motorbike ride but other than some tense holding on all went well. It was a half hour ride some main road & some dirt road to a little village with elephants waiting.
To get on & off there was a platform and we walked over his head to sit in the most uncomfortable basket ever conceived! If we were 5yrs old & 4ft maybe but Rachel got on first and it looked tight. I got on and they all had a laugh with my knees up round my ears.
There was no hiding it the ride is uncomfortable as we went down a steep washed out track, the elephant was slow and careful with her steps we were both surprised she could do it.
At the river we got off and saying nothing our guide took off with the elephant, luckily Rachel had read about this tour and knew this may happen but a while latter others arrived and we swam, the elephants had a wash. After lunch we headed back on the track to the village about an hour.
I was struggling with a rough stomach which was bordering on serious so we asked about for a doctor to see tomorrow. The owner of a bar here was very helpful threw us on a bike & took us to the doctors house where he had a small clinic out back. It was 8:30pm he was watching tv but he was helpful I got a diagnosis of Dysentery and some drugs to sort it. Total cost $11US great! On the dramatic side a med-evac to Bangkok would have been fun!!
Just to even up the Jury I was forced to include this evenings excitement but in return I get to report on a previous incident going back nearly two months. On Rachel's first bicycle outing in what must be a very long time I was forbidden from writing about her falling off. It was luckily minor but I was able to take a picture of the blue stain line on the road her jeans left. The culprit....cows Rachel was busy watching cows. The poor farmer walking them didn't know what to do!
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