Reunited With My Elephant After Years Apart In Chiang Mai, Thailand + Group Trip Announcement!
We haven't seen a sunrise in months I think that's Pangwat Pangwat come here Pangwat is so healthy and happy it's so nice waking up to this view yeah did you have a good sleep last night yeah it was quite nice it's only about maybe 4 a.m. when there there was an orchestra of frogs that lasted maybe 30 minutes but it's quite interesting it's just the sound of nature and then the roosters yeah around was it like 7:00 mhm which was the perfect time to get up anyways because we wanted to see a little bit of the sunrise so the resort we're staying at in Mae Taeng here is called LaePhu DooNa and it's a beautiful teak house there's only four rooms in this building here and in the whole resort but it's in a beautiful location in the middle of the rice fields here and you don't see many other resorts or hotels in this area I think Mae Taeng is a bit not as popular for tourists um you can come for like a day trip to the famous Bua Tong sticky waterfall which is only 15 minutes from here or where we went yesterday there was a newly renovated temple yeah called Wat Ban Den and that was gorgeous when you walk into that temple it feels like you're walking into the Grand Palace in Bangkok it just everything was so colorful it's so grand and it's free entry and I think more and more people are coming to Mae Taeng to see that but yeah Mae Taeng is an upcoming destination in Chiang Mai for sure [Music] you ready ready let's go toward the coconut plantation first because the guy here told me that we can get fresh coconuts there yeah let's do that wow this feels so nice and fresh in the morning yeah perfect the coconut farm should be just ahead of us I can already see it yeah but then this one here is a banana plantation all the baby bananas here oh it's all green here it's all green these are young rice they grow them here and then they will collect them and transfer them into the field so they have to first clear this right and then turn it and then move this over there mhm beautiful beautiful and you can see our hotel right there mhm you know if I was a rapper uhhuh you know what name I would go for Young Rice that's such a cool rapper name Note AKA Young Rice we are here we're here they are harvesting the coconut right now babe wow they're doing it by hand cuz these trees are low so how did they do it let's go see good thing the coconut floats huh so when they drop it in there they can still get it I've never seen such low coconut trees that you can just harvest just like this with a normal kind of size stick because in Samui the trees are higher so they have these extra long sticks to harvest them or of course sometimes you also see them um have monkeys to go up to get them but the real boss of this place I think are the dogs you see that dog watching them and making sure that they're doing a good job and he moves with them after each tree it's super cute you want to the coconut mhm she said we can try them I just have to go get the the machete at her house oh you need to use the machine no I'll go get the the machete okay here you go got it she said choose the one you like oh yeah mhm okay maybe that one that one over there you know how to open it though I know you know I I think I know you don't know sound very confident nice this is so neat sometimes they say the uglier the fruit the sweeter that one's pretty ugly oh I don't know if you're doing it right but you look like you're doing a great job so uh I had a chat with the lady she said that they collect 200 to 600 coconuts a day isn't that insane yeah and they they send it to hotels around Chiang Mai and what they usually do they use that machine in the front and cut the coconut and they immediately soak it in water so that this white spot doesn't turn brown she said peel it from the bottom God damn it I thought I know how to do it wow so quick wait that side doesn't really oxidize as fast oh wow it's so heavy so if I peel it from the side that I did you have to go so deep to get to the meat but on the other side it's thinner but technically it's not wrong it's wrong it's just a harder way to do [Music] it that's so yummy wow that is so delicious it's so interesting that they have a coconut farm here but they also have tilapia farm oh and there's a lot of fish you can see just so much action on top of the water here we saw a few locals come in and just get fresh fish from here it was 70 Baht a kilo yeah she got four big tilapias for 300 I think it was 300 Baht 310 Baht or something and you know how much the coconut cost here if you come and get it from the farm 13 Baht each 13 Baht each and then this is like 80 Baht at a restaurant yeah fancy restaurant would be 100 or 120 Baht probably maybe we should just sell coconut such a good profit margin we know the source now the lady said her dog can peel the coconut better than me just have to throw the coconut and he will chase after it wow look at this babe he finished the whole coconut now he just needs to learn how to crack it and drink it yeah that's pretty crazy I want that dog home wow we have a quick and exciting announcement we are planning our first group trip for later this year or early next year and we want you to join us for the last 3 years you have seen us eating our way through Southeast Asia meeting a a lot of local people along the way and find the most beautiful places to stay and maybe at some point you thought I would like to travel like Flora and Note so that's why we're planning this group trip to share our joy of traveling and also to meet some of you who have been following our journey and supporting us the last couple years whether it's revisiting Thailand Vietnam Nepal or discovering a completely new country together we are so excited to go on this adventure with you but to make this trip possible we need your help to fill out a quick survey which will take less than 2 minutes to let us know where you want to go with us what is your budget and when is the ideal time to go the earlier we have this information the better prices we can secure and get this trip rolling we'll leave the survey link in the description box below please fill it out sooner rather than later as we'd love to pick a trip next week we are so curious to see where you want to go with us so a lot of people come to Mae Taeng because it has a lot of elephant sanctuaries probably the most elephant sanctuaries in the province of Chiang Mai and the one we are going to specifically is called Kanta Elephant Sanctuary and there is a very special someone that we want to go meet there that's why we are choosing this one in particular and they also are very ethical sanctuary um and you'll see more once we get there are you excited yes I'm so excited to see my sister I haven't seen her for years we used to be so close back then when my Mom and I used to live in Pai so I'm very excited to see her and she's been living at Kanta for quite a few years now at least a decade yeah yeah and they have been taking good care of her and yeah I want to see her I want to see if she remembers me you can see them from here already yeah can you tell which one is your sister I think I know I think I think that's Pangwat she's tall and she has freckles on her nose like a lot of them have freckles but Pangwat has specific pattern and her ears are like sloped up like that I think that's the one she looks like the biggest one yeah but she used to be so well not skinny but she used to be smaller so they definitely fed her well and she got a lot bigger they even wrote here Kanta Elephant Sanctuary it is for seeing feeling and touching the elephants in the wild open space and their mission is to provide as many elephants as possible with good health freedom happiness they deserve and definitely no riding yeah no riding no hooks no ankle chains they're trying to educate not just the tourist but also I think Thai people of how to have a relationship with the elephants but yeah this is what the sanctuary is trying to do is to show people how we should be treating the elephants with care love and respect we got a locker to put our bag and you have to change into this cute elephant outfit it's so cute yeah both um your top and bottom look at that nice and this say Kanta Elephant Sanctuary wow it's a beautiful place yeah I'm so glad she has all the space Not only they have this but they have banana plantation there so they have unlimited bananas to eat yes that's her [Music] so well loved because I remember her she's the most gentle elephant I have ever met and she's also the cleanest now cuz everyone loves her Pangwat do you remember me wow she's so big she's so much bigger you're beautiful like I'm a bit cautious going too close just in case she doesn't remember me wow I wonder how old she is now would your Mom know probably 43 definitely your sister then yeah she's 5 years older than me I'm your sister-in-law I'm your sister-in-law hi oh see see see her freckles she's the most beautiful one Pangwat this is Flora wow you can see like emotion in her eyes elephants are so majestic do you like me is that why you're coming closer oh you have um the other ones coming out now yeah these ones are much smaller than Pangwat is she the oldest one here you think yeah she's the oldest one your Mom would be so happy to see her I should FaceTime her I should FaceTime her before our group arrives Pangwat is so healthy and happy she's very happy she's very happy and she's very gentle and she's very popular everybody loves her she's happy look happy yes and she loved being with people too she not shy oh yeah and she have 16 other friends I was still feeling like um guilty that I leave her there no they take good care of her you see that one mm tossing the dirt onto the back is that for cooling down to chase away the flies oh and also protect them from the flies biting them so he's not being naughty no no he's just it's like their own mosquito repellent that's so cool nature is amazing wow it's like how did they know how to do this hey you hit me he just threw a rock at me babe catch you didn't catch it oh it's super dry oh my good I thought for sure you're going to catch it I was going to hit it back to you like that we're going to go grab our bags with uh different food to feed the elephants who you want to feed first of course Pangwat but there is a cute one there that has like flowers on the head I think it's pretty neat that we're here at the elephant sanctuary but visiting your elephant from your childhood it's like extra special do you think I'm cool now I always thought you were cool I think the first week I met you you already showed me photos of your elephants I was like woh very exotic man you can feed her like this she doesn't like sugarcane Pangwat you don't like sugarcane I'll go get watermelon for you wow she loves it so I can't tell you exactly how much they can eat in one day cuz you're not going to see them stop eating even those we're not going to give them up yes they're going to try to find more food to eat by themselves more I learned quite a few things just now that was very informative did you know that elephants are pregnant for almost 2 years yes that's a long time and then the baby stays with the mom only for 3 years and then is independent what else did you learn I also learned that they eat 10% of their body weight so most of the Asian elephants are roughly like four or five tons or 3 to five tons so that's 10% of that so what we were feeding was so little it was not even a snack and they only sleep for 4 hours isn't that interesting they spend most of their time eating eating and then they eat and then they poop and then they poop while they're eating and then eating eating eating and sleep for 4 hours that's so crazy we're going to feed the elephant um with the banana trees now they said because the temperature is cooler now there's moisture in the banana trees so it gives them like helps with their digestion because I think the number one problem for Elephants is their digestion when they have problems with that then they get constipated and then the staff here would have to like go in and grab their poo out I have done that before you did yeah stick my whole hand in Pangwat you want to do it again no and the baby elephant Joy yeah she passed away because of stomach problem as well oh yeah they said that's the biggest concern is is the digestion of the elephants this is the elephant protein producing from many kinds of bean as you know elephant they doesn't eat meat but they still need a protein we're going to make some protein balls for the elephant so you have to uh remove the peel from the banana but you leave the peel back in there and then there's also um some salt in there some of their other supplements and then tamarind is what kind of glues it together so these balls are just full of fiber and supplements and important minerals that they need like sodium they say that in nature the animals will know where to go to get sodium but because these elephants it's not their natural habitat you know what I mean to be like in the wild they have been taken care of by humans for so long so they don't know how to intake enough sodium or maybe too much sodium so they control the amount of sodium they consume basically everything is just to help them be regular there's actually only six elephants here and we have seven power balls so one for each and we save two for Pangwat okay this one right so the guy said to say bon before feeding uh the elephant and you have to feed it into their tongue just like what I did before but bon means up okay so that way they just lift their head up and open their mouth bon bon okay we move to this one one each one each so slimy my hand bon bon okay we have our two for Pangwat let's go last one must be yummy right no more sorry no more so did you have fun I had a wonderful day here it was so nice to be able to spend time with Pangwat and her friends and if you wanted to do the same kind of elephant sanctuary tour we had it is um 1,500 Baht per person for a halfday tour so you can choose morning or afternoon or they also have a full day package and it includes pickup from your hotel in Chiang Mai and drop off as well but yeah we love the afternoon like it was just a couple hours but it was really wonderful spending time with my sister yeah and we hope that you will add Mae Taeng to your list when you come to Chiang Mai next time it's just an hour drive away but it feels like you were just surrounded by nature and it's very beautiful here as always thank you for watching and have a wonderflo day we'll see you in the next one bye bye
2024-02-13 02:03
