{"id":1679,"date":"2015-11-10T19:06:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T02:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2015-11-10T19:06:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T02:06:11","slug":"elephant-park-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/?p=1679","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Park Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When booking our time at the elephant park, we chose the adjacent hotel primarily because it provided guest access before the regular park hours (like they do at Disney). That allows us to sign up to wash the elephants, and to ride them into their bathing pool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0094.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0094\" title=\"IMG_0094.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0100.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0100\" title=\"IMG_0100.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0115.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0115\" title=\"IMG_0115.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0140.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0140\" title=\"IMG_0140.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0129.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0129\" title=\"IMG_0129.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As they dunk themselves under the water, it&#8217;s important to keep a close eye out for random coconuts lurking just below the surface. Seriously, those ARE coconuts, right?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0102.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0102\" title=\"IMG_0102.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the pool it&#8217;s back to the room for a fully clothed shower. Shortly thereafter, our elephants show up at the door to take us on a ride through the jungle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S1550036.jpg\" alt=\"S1550036\" title=\"S1550036.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/S1550047.jpg\" alt=\"S1550047\" title=\"S1550047.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0172.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0172\" title=\"IMG_0172.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0173.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0173\" title=\"IMG_0173.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With just a few hours left before heading back out on the road, we round up all the fruit we can find and head over to the pen with the baby elephant (2 years old, so not really a baby anymore).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0249.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0249\" title=\"IMG_0249.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0252.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0252\" title=\"IMG_0252.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0259.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0259\" title=\"IMG_0259.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0266.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0266\" title=\"IMG_0266.JPG\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When booking our time at the elephant park, we chose the adjacent hotel primarily because it provided guest access before the regular park hours (like they do at Disney). 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