The one when I got older

What a better way to celebrate getting a year older than riding on elephants! (??? ..some might ask)..
Yeah.. this year I partied with the gajahs in Kuala Gandah, Pahang. (wooohoooo) It is an alephant sanctuary fully funded by PERHILITAN and its only about an hour and a half drive from Kepong. Take the new East Coast Highway and exit at Lanchiau Lanchang. I highly recommend this activity as it was super fun. We got to ride on the elephants, feed them and even bathe with them... AAAAND it was the perfect photo-op. In random order...

1. Baby elephant saying hello!

2. Gajah feeding time.

3. Pakcik Gajah

4. Official Plaque

5. Imagine people asking.. "Eh kau kerje apa?".. "Aku Ketua Unit Gajah" "*gasps*"

6.Taik gajah yang sangat besar and floating like little dirty boat.

7. The obligatory kaki pictures

8. 3 excited men on an elephant.

Before all the activities, they showed us a video clip of the process of transferring a wild elephant from a small belukar to the Taman Negara and it was quite.. menyayat hati.. You could see how stressed out the animal was from all the travelling .It takes at least 4 hours by truck, 6 hours by boat (barge) which doesnt include the whole transferring of the elephants from one transport to another which could take up to 1 hour per animal...and all in all about 14 hours of travelling before they reached Taman Negara and even then by the time they arrive, not all of the elephants survived. Some die from fatigue and stress from the long journety. Although one thing that touched me was how they used 2 tame elephants to help calm the lost one.. The tame elephants would pat its new friend with its trunk...and you could see the sense of having something familiar have certainly helped the lost elephant relax..

So... I say just GO!.. make it a day trip! and since its free dont forget to donate towards the plight of the endangered Malaysian Elephants!

And by the way.. If you are in the area. Drop by at Bentong. Look for this small shop.. restaurant Kow Po..They make the best Ais Kacang Special man!
Seriously.Make sure you go there. You wont regret it. Ada dlm wikipedia tuh...

And thank you MHM for the perfect day.:)