What can I say, I love this place. Thongbay Bungalows is heaven.This place is stunning and I get to spend four days sitting on cushions being revered as a queen. Ok maybe I am overstating it but this place is beautiful. I have never stayed in a bungalow before and thought it would be a little worse for wear but I take that back.
The bungalows are surrounded by a tropical garden and private terraces, scattered amongst trees, ponds and the Nam Khan River.
I spent my first day lying on my stomach being bruised and pummelled by a little Lao man. I asked for a traditional Lao massage and I swear there were tears in my eyes from the amount of pain being caused by my masseur. Iron fist!
Not too bad for one hour in the markets.
This was followed the next day by climbing on top of an elephant before being dunked under water in the Mekong River. Yep I was dunked under water by my cheeky elephant. My Mahout (elephant handler) said something to my elephant and then the cheeky bugger dropped fast into the water and then started dancing under water … so I was swaying side to side without any harness, trying not to fall off.
Sweet Jesus I thought I was going to fall off onto my arse. I was relying purely on my wonder woman thighs and my palms on the elephant’s head to hold me.
Ceci and Bec had it worse than me. Ceci’s Mahout convinced her to turn around (backwards) to wash her elephant back and then he signalled to the elephant and it threw her off into river. Bec’s Mahout was even worse. He unfortunately grabbed her breasts (to balance himself, of course) and then when they got into the water, her elephant dunked her completely under water. All of her.
The best part though, I rode an elephant, washed it and scrubbed it. It was such a fantastic experience. Nothing like it!
I have to say it’s not a bad way to spend your 30th birthday, riding an elephant.
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