New Blog!

I hope by posting about my experience in Thailand, interested parties will consider making Thailand their temporary - or in some cases, perhaps not-so-temporary - home.

I'll jump right in. Elephants, Thailand's national symbol, a strong, powerful creature, and occasional Thai pet.

Late in the evening, when the weather isn't so suffocating, those Thai people with pet elephants will rope the elephants by the neck and take them for walks. They sell food for the elephants to onlookers who then feed the elephants. I've been lucky enough to feed two baby elephants in the three months I've lived here, but last Saturday was slightly unusual. I was riding my bicycle home from town, turned the corner into the university gates, and nearly careened into a large adult elephant.

He had a seat plopped onto his back, but his mass was amazing! He was as big as my living room! I didn't even think to take a picture, but I tried my best to look unfazed. Baby elephants I'm used to, but adults are a bit new for me.

I want to transfer the posts I've been making personally onto this blog. It might take a bit of time, so I'll update as usual and tag the other entries by day on which they occurred.