On day 9 in the rain forest the group woke up early to go elephant trekking. After we divided into several groups of two and were assigned our elephants, we ventured through the rain forest along a rocky riverbed. The elephant guides spoke a special elephant language that had been passed down through generations of the Thai people and was an extremely effective way of communicating with the animals. After we rode the elephants, we got a chance to feed and interact with them. Shortly after our elephant trekking, we ventured to a local river canoe guided tour facility. We were assigned canoes with guides and then traveled down the river deep into the rain forest. About midway through our travels we experienced our first rain forest storm. The rest of the trip entailed many sporadic and heavy downpours of rain, but it was fairly refreshing due to the unbelievably warm weather that we had been experiencing. After canoeing we went back to the Tree Tops Resort for another chicken curry and rice dinner, and then went to sleep shortly after.
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