Saturday, February 21, 2009

Out of Bangkok adventure

One day while we were in Thailand we went out of Bangkok.

First we went to a Salt Farm, where they make salt, but only for Thailand. They make it by using sea water. It looked like piles of snow on the ground except the temperature was very hot.
Then we went to where they make coconut sugar. They make it by boiling coconut flowers. The sugar is brown. The sugar tastes of coconut and it is very nice.
Afterwards we went to the Floating Market, which is a market on a river. We had to get into a little boat and be paddled around to the stalls and we had to say stop if we wanted to look at something. It was very busy and we got stuck in several boat traffic jams.
From there we went to the Elephant Village which nearby. We rode on an elephant and while me and my dad were riding on one the elephant master got off and asked if we wanted him to take photos of us. He let us sit on the elephant's neck instead of the seat. After a while dad asked the man to take some videos of us riding the elephant.


Then we went to Semphran Crododile and Elephant Farm and Zoo. We went to the crocodile show where I thought they didn't treat the crocodiles very nicely. Men either stuck one of their arms down the crocodile's throat or put their head in its mouth.There was also an elephant show where the elephants played football and played in a pretend battle. Each side had one elephant rider.
Finally we went to the Rose Garden and saw a show about Thai culture. It was ok, but I wouldn't be in too much of a rush to watch it again. My favourite part of it was watching Thai Boxing and the sword fight.

The best bit of the day was the elephant ride.

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