One of the big peaks of the trip to Thailand was the
Elephant Riding! On this picture you can´t really tell how big they are, but boy o`boy, they are truly huge!
Me and A went together on one of them and my wife and V sat together on another.
It was shaky and bumpy but fun. And afterwords we got to feed them with pineapple. V was thrilled and excited, giving things to that long trunk!
The sign for
elephant was used a lot after that.
And so was the signs for
monkey and
banana after this incident. I had a bag and a banana, as we were walking past a couple of monkeys. Stupid idea.
I thought the banana would be protected since it was in plastic and not at the very top of the bag.
I was dead wrong.
The monkey made a quick jump, and hanging from the bag, it stuck a very long arm into it, grabbing the banana - in no time! And then back to the trees. Unfolding the plastic like a boss!
V was upset. It was his banana. But it was also a very exciting event so he understood that I could have done nothing to stop the little fellow. We agreed it was the monkeys fault.
We signed "The monkey stole V´s banana!" a lot after that. And we still do. A great memory!
