Day 46: Take a good, hard look at our...ELEPHANT!!!

So today was unreal. I RODE AN ELEPHANT!!!! Ok...so random geeky fact: Did you know that you can tell the difference between an African elephant and an Asian elephant by looking at their ears? Oh...yes you can. African elephants' ears are bigger because it's hotter in Africa so they have to fan themselves more...so Asian elephants' ears are smaller because it's cooler in Asia. See...now you learned something today. And when I saw "cooler in Asia" don't even think I'm talkin' for real cool. It was in the 90s today...hot and humid. Oh, but Allison felt the need to wear a scarf. Much like every other day on our wonderful Thailand adventure. I, being the amazing, honest friend that I am, made fun of her every time...scarfs in 90 degree weather? I don't care how cute you look, that's retarded. It's a good thing I'm not the one who shaved my head because I'm perfectly okay wearing t-shirts and gym shorts everyday, so I really would look like a dude. Allison, on the other hand, rocks cute dresses every single day. More power to ya Big Al. :)

So anyway...we went to the Maesa Elephant Camp today and got to finally experience the riding of elephants. Now we can officially say we've experienced Thailand right? Haha. (That's for you Cortney! You're drawing of me in Thailand came true!) Allison and I got to ride on the same elephant, who was 22 years old, and we had a blast! We videoed ourselves rapping our own version of "I'm on an elephant!" It's one of those things that you just gotta be there so I don't expect any of you to be laughing right now...but just wait til you see our videos. So not only did we ride elephants, we also got to watch them perform in a show! (Haha...I was seriously like a 5 year old at Disney World today, hopping and skipping around singing random songs in my joyful bliss.) So in the elephant show, they play football (soccer), gave their trainers massages, threw darts, sat down and rolled over like dogs, and even painted with their trunks!!!! It was so cool! Elephants have such personalities...and they've gotta be so freaking smart! I don't even know how they painted some of that stuff (see picture). Too bad each painting was $60 or I would have bought one for sure. But no...I'm runnin' on empty in my last week in Thailand.

Oh BT-dub, we saw an elephant doing #1 and #2 simultaneously today...that was interesting. Just had to throw that in the blog so I can look back on it and laugh. I won't post the picture...because I for sure took one. (Have to document everything you know. lol) And the elephant that was walking in front of ours on the riding path, totally farted for like 30 seconds. Allison and I almost fell off our own elephant laughing! And yes, we're completely aware that we're 3rd graders at heart. Haha. It was too funny.

Well, we probably paid $20 in taxis alone today. We went on a wild goose chase trying to find this stupid manicure place called "Nice Nails." I swear if I hear that name one more time I might hit someone. So...after 3 hours of pointless searching, 2 Dairy Queen blizzards, a large McDonald's fry, and countless "5 minutes of silence" later...I still have nasty ghetto nails that need to be did on the ASAP. So yeah...Point #1: We're in freaking ASIA...why are there no nail places anywhere? Point #2: Maybe I do have a bad habit of eating too much when I get pissed or frustrated. Point #3: Escaping to my happy place doesn't always work. Point #4: I'm for sure a fan of "I make a motion we implement the 5 minute of silence rule....go." (Epsilon, try that one time and see what happens...it'll do ya good.)

So I would also like to say that Allison and I are the same person...and she is my valentine, especially now that she has no hair. Haha. Oh Valentine's Day...yes, we saw the movie today. That was about the only good part about getting lost in Chiang Mai and not finding a nail salon...we somehow found the Cinema and thank the Lord it was playing. So about that movie...it was kinda depressing, I'm not gonna lie. For such an allstar cast, I was rather disappointed. And um...Bradley Cooper NEVER should be gay...not even in a movie. That's just wrong. (Sorry if that spoiled the surprise for any of you...my bad.) But I might have teared up toward the end...it was cute. Best line in the movie--"Those 3 words we all long to hear..........let's get naked." WHAAAAT?! Hahahaha...too funny. Ok ok ok...anyway...

So it's like 1am and I don't know why, but I'm wired. I seriously just danced around our hotel room with a microphone waterbottle singing songs from the Goofy Movie soundtrack at the top of my lungs, while Allison and Alyse attempted to have the most inconvenient serious conversation ever. In my own little world.......don't even care right now.

I blame myself for being taught PATIENCE. Oh, yes I do. I brought this on myself...so no complaints. None right now at least. Ok...I'm gonna go now. One more day in Thailand...(sigh). That just sucks.

I'm out.
Cwalk.