2009.08.15 Elephant Village

this was one of the most exciting part of my travel this year!!
after the floating market session, the tour guide took us to the elephant village for an elephant ride ;D

we have to up to the stage in order to climb up to the elephant's back
ancient turtle looking cute with my purse and pink camera case...haha
view from the top...it was so high!!
our elephant was an adult 25 years old female elephant, Tong Gua (the rider told me so)
she was so beautiful, lovely and playful,
we feed her with bananas ;D
the picture were taken by the elephant rider, pretty good eh?
the elephant infront of us apparently was Tong Gua's son
she was holding his tail with her trunk once in a while
we were kinda freaking out a little bit here,
the elephant suddenly went off road, and almost went into the swamp!!
but of course we still posing...haha
good girl, she went back on track ;D
then we crossing the small river,
Tong Gua was splashing water to her son...haha
thank you for the ride, beautiful elephant ;)

2009.08.15 Floating Market

arriving on the location,
that's the big van that i love...so comfy, i always sleep inside...hehe
and the guy in black shades was the driver
this boat will take us to the floating market location
the trip with that boat was rather fun, we can feel the cool breeze of the air ;))
this is what we saw along the way,
the sun reflection on the water made it appear so sparkly like diamond...beautiful!!
there were lots of boats along the rivers
almost all of the houses own their own private little shrine
the happy honeymooners... ;D
more views
there were also some modern houses along the river

cute kids playing together
spotted everywhere...tourists and their cameras!!
maybe i was on their cameras too haha...XD~
the floating stores, selling various stuff from everyday object to handicraft
Manggis & Durian...have you ever tried those fruits? ;)
boarding to the main market
these look so similar to "Barong Bali"

and also...an robot alien?? lol
i took this picture from their calendar. i'm not sure who they are...maybe the Thai royalty??
but the lady was so beautiful...!!
onthe floating market...
guess, what do they have on the boats??
FAKE LV PURSES!!! hahahaha...i saw lots of people buying them @_@
but i was more interested on their foods...yummm
the young coconut was so refreshing...and it less than $1!! woohoo!!
we got some photos like this...
no kidding, you have to be shameless and bargain like crazy here!! (i learn that skill while i was lived in china...LOL)
local vendor always put a crazily high price for foreigner...
for a set of 3, they gave me this price ---> 2900 bath
i end up paying 500 bath for them!!
on the way out, more fruits vendors