Towards the end of our tubin' adventure, the river actually went partially underneath one of the giant karsts! Check out the view! Right after we came through this underpass, someone was waiting by the edge of the riverbank with a so to take everyone back to the hotel.
At another bend in the river, we were greeted by two more dogs who were excited to see people in the river. They were running back and forth and barking like crazy - and even went so far as to wade into the river to get a better look at us. It was really cute.
The river was so pretty. It ran all the way back into the woods and got really close to some of the karsts that we had seen in the distance from the hostel.
Every time Meredith would start to put her tube down and get in the water, Crookjaw would start furiously barking at her! He didn't want to be left alone!
...and head our way. No matter how many times I've seen an elephant in real life, it never gets any less shocking. Every time I'm like, "Holy shit, that's a big animal!"
And then we headed back into the national park to visit an elephant conservation center! It sorta seems counter-intuitive, but the way they raise money for their cause is by selling elephant treks, where you get to go for like an hour ride on an elephant through the jungle. Here's us way up high in this tower watching the elephant that we're going to ride cross the river...
