It rained the entire night before my full day elephant riding and trekking combination. This was the state of my shoes after a day of trekking. I got bitten by a leech too see the blood spot on the sock.
We traveled 15 km out of Luang Prabang to the bank of Nam Khan and crossed over by a long tailed boat to the elephant camp. Because of the rain, the ground was muddy but as we got closer to the camp the muddy ground became a slippery quagmire due to the elephants. As a result the full day trip involved a lot of trudging around in mud softened further by the elephants as we used the same route that the elephants do.
The camp houses seven female elephants and a baby bull elephant. This elephant was my ride and she had a mind of her own, which made the ride interesting. After the ride we trudge for over an hour and a half from the camp to the Kamu village. Despite the poor trekking conditions and the weather I managed to photograph some butterflies in the midst of the light drizzle and super high humidity.
Please look them up on my Flickr site.What I didn't like was this captive Crested Serpent Eagle in an area that was suppose to promote eco-tourism. Equally disconcerting were the gun shots fired by hunters who were out hunting. I found butterflies but saw no wildlife what so ever.
We ended the trek at Tad Sae Waterfall where the other half of the elephant group was.
The camp houses seven female elephants and a baby bull elephant. This elephant was my ride and she had a mind of her own, which made the ride interesting. After the ride we trudge for over an hour and a half from the camp to the Kamu village. Despite the poor trekking conditions and the weather I managed to photograph some butterflies in the midst of the light drizzle and super high humidity.
Please look them up on my Flickr site.What I didn't like was this captive Crested Serpent Eagle in an area that was suppose to promote eco-tourism. Equally disconcerting were the gun shots fired by hunters who were out hunting. I found butterflies but saw no wildlife what so ever.
We ended the trek at Tad Sae Waterfall where the other half of the elephant group was.
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