The Kayak Trip! Woohoo! This was already after about 1.5 hours? Haha, not bad eh? Still managed to smile haha...
He had a yellow paddle..I had a blue one..
Coming from the sea into the mangrove areas.
About 18 of us in the group, including our guide. Lots of all these small hills to pass through before we hit the mangrove areas.
It's better in these enclosed areas, lesser waves to battle with.
This is the mangrove swamp area..Lotsa insects around..mozzies the size of flies..Lotsa weird sounds coming from the trees...Half the time you're wondering what's in the waters as well... And we had a troop of monkeys following our kayaks! haha.. Quite difficult to navigate through the meandering routes and the tree-roots made things worse.. cos they leave little room for your paddles.
Tired but happy!! Stopped at a small inlet along the beach for a 15 min rest after about 2.5 hours of paddling..Lotsa sandflies on this small inlet alone..legs were a catastrophe after this small rest..itching like anything haha..
Went back to the mainland after this pic was taken..And the journey back was absolutley tiring...about a 20-25 min trip back...
We were battling waves & cursing at the tides haha...
Our elephant trek! Right after the kayaking session...The one we're on is 42 years old and responds to the name Tut-Tut. Small little lady compared to some of the other bull elephants at the sanctuary..The trek was about an hour long...passed through some rubber plantations & a small part of the jungle area..before we headed back to the elephant camp. Our guide jumped off to help us take a quick pic before hopping back on again..yikes!! What if she ran amok or walked off on her own elsewhere???
Cute little thing!! A baby boy, about 4 months old only and he's already my height...Really damn cute! haha....
And as you can tell from this pic, he simply loved smelling my foot! And he's smiling!! HAHA!!
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