Comments on: The Elephants at Buon Me Thuot

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:18:35 +0000

I’ve never heard Vietnamese jail referred to as the “Hanoi Hilton” but hey, it’s Vietnam, you never know =)
And yes – they also have little fires in the streets all the time…I get so tempted to say, “You think that’s a fire?!?” But I don’t speak Vietnamese and they don’t speak English, so they’d just think I was crazy.

By: steven5382

steven5382 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:34:26 +0000

Matt, does this mean we now have to call you the Elephant Man? Now repeat after me, “I am not an animal!”
Glad to know that your camping excursions with the “cousins” gave you the necessary experience to travel safely in places like Vietnam. Just be glad David isn’t with you or we’d be getting blogs about your stay in the Hanoi Hilton.

By: vossenme

vossenme — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:06:48 +0000

That is so great! You got to ride and pet an Elephant! He looks so sad though (the Elephant that is). Do they treat them nicely? Doesn’t sound like it, if they are in shackels. Elephants never forget you know, so I hope you were nice to him. Wonderful adventure for you guys. Keep going . . .