The Start of Break Fun

These past few days have been relaxing, school is finished for a month and we have free range of the city on our bikes.  I have been exploring the main park in Korat, which does not officially open until four so if you go there before four no one is out, you have this huge park to yourself it is nice.  Anyways that is not the exciting part of this week.  It was this weekend when myself and three other exchange students were able to visit, two ancient ruin places and then ride an elephant!

I am not sure the name of the ruins because no one actually told us, but the detail and care put into the structures is amazing.  There are craved Buddhas in almost every corner and, lotus leaves engraved into the walls.  It other words it was a very picturesque place.  The second ruins we went to had four L shaped ponds surrounding the actual building creating only four entrances at each compass point.  Also inside the main building they had a library which was actually two matching rooms on either of a main entrance, which was really cool to see.

Finally we got to the elephants!  We got to ride them around the village where they and then, they picked us up with their trunks which was a little scary but fun.  We also got to feed them and try riding them while sitting on their neck/head.  It is very difficult, you use a lot of care muscle and it feels like you are going to fall forwards off the elephants head at any moment, but it was, in short, awesome.