{"id":847,"date":"2017-04-17T07:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T07:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/?p=847"},"modified":"2017-04-17T07:24:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T07:24:48","slug":"cambodian-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/cambodian-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u200bWe went to the Cambodian Elephant Sanctuary. We got on a bus and headed for the\u00a0three-hour\u00a0drive.\u00a0This time (thank goodness) nobody threw up near\/next to us.<\/p>\n

When we arrived at the camp, we met the dogs. There were seven dogs in total, six let me touch them but I touched all seven. One had three legs and another had an injury on his leg. The pack leader was named Jack.<\/p>\n

Then we sat around until lunch. \u00a0While we waited,\u00a0we listed to the rules.\u00a0The lunch was the first Vegan meal of the week):<\/p>\n

After\u00a0lunch,\u00a0we were off to \u201cclean the ponds.” \u00a0That involved getting buckets and emptying out three\u00a0ponds that ducks poop and pee in. \u00a0You could definitely tell\u00a0that they used it that way.<\/p>\n

We fed the elephants,\u00a0there\u2019s more info below.<\/p>\n

We ate dinner and headed to bed.<\/p>\n

One day we went to a school\u00a0for Cambodian children. It was made of wood and looked like if it rained it wouldn\u2019t keep\u00a0all\u00a0the water out. There were two classrooms in total, one for the littler kids (6-10) and another for the big kids (11-?). They had no electricity. That means, no fans or A\/C\u00a0when it\u2019s a scalding 100 degrees out. The floor was made\u00a0up of concrete with sand and dirt on top.<\/p>\n

There were boys and girls. The oldest (in the younger group) was 10 and youngest 6. There were super happy to learn English.<\/p>\n

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The way we\u00a0taught them:<\/p>\n

Games,<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Head,\u00a0shoulders,\u00a0knees,\u00a0and toes<\/div>\n
2.\u00a0Duck, duck, goose<\/div>\n
3.\u00a0Circle game \u2013 left, right, in and out, squat<\/div>\n
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Showing pictures and telling the word to them, such as:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Apple<\/div>\n
2.\u00a0Dog<\/div>\n
3.\u00a0Cat<\/div>\n

We asked them their\u00a0name and age, and they told us.<\/p>\n

Later that week, we went to a local Cambodian wedding and saw the children again.\u200b<\/p>\n

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One day we went on a jungle walk\u00a0with the elephants. We had two armed guards. It was a six-hour walk. Some of the time, we followed the elephants, and sometimes\u00a0they followed us.\u00a0The elephants got in the river and bathed in the muddy water. The mahout\u00a0let me use his machete and cut some bush down during lunch.<\/p>\n

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Info on Elephants<\/p>\n

There were four in total at the camp.<\/p>\n

One was blind.\u00a0The reason she was blinded was so that the\u00a0mahout who had\u00a0her before she got rescued had complete control over her.\u00a0She was rescued from a logging company. (Click here<\/a> for more on the loggers.)<\/p>\n

Two\u00a0of the elephants\u00a0were aggressive with trunks,\u00a0so they could get\u00a0more\u00a0food during feeding.<\/p>\n

Once during feeding,\u00a0a dog got too\u00a0close and got smacked by an\u00a0elephant\u2019s\u00a0trunk.<\/p>\n

The fourth one hung out by itself. We were the first group to introduce it to bananas and watermelon.<\/p>\n

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How and what we feed them.<\/p>\n

The blind elephant got a special mixture of rice and\u00a0bananas\u00a0and pellets for\u00a0vitamins.<\/p>\n

The other ones got sugarcane and watermelon.<\/p>\n

We feed them by putting it in their trunk.<\/p>\n

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Thanks,\u00a0Caden!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u200bWe went to the Cambodian Elephant Sanctuary. We got on a bus and headed for the\u00a0three-hour\u00a0drive.\u00a0This time (thank goodness) nobody threw up near\/next to us. When we arrived at the camp, we met the dogs. There were seven dogs in total, six let me touch them but I touched all seven. One had three legs…<\/p>\n

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