Over the weekend we went to a place called Palio which is unfortunately only 7km away from where we live as this is apparently the place which is more popular than the National Park and the Elephant Conservation Centre which is directly next door. When you arrive you see coach loads of people going round what seems to be like a fake Disney like little Italy village with shops that sell nothing useful or anything that has any taste. The Thai's would just arrive and to take some outrageously posy selfies of themselves and then leave. We sat in the main square with some ice cream to people watch like we normally do and it proved to be very entertaining. What does not make sense is that they are extending this place when half of the shops are currently empty. It is a shame to see that developments are being made on something like this rather than money spent on improving the National Forest and the Elephant Conservation Centre. We only went to go for ice cream and we saw the elephants again.
We bought some bananas to feed them and we were surprised to see two more elephants. I wish I could spend more time with these magnificent creatures, we would of stayed longer but it threatened to rain as we heard a storm coming in from a distance. This was Olly's first visit to see them and I have a feeling that this will not be the last time we come to visit.
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