{"id":714,"date":"2017-04-19T13:37:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?p=714"},"modified":"2017-04-19T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:37:46","slug":"17th-april-elephant-sanctuary-and-luang-prabang-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?p=714","title":{"rendered":"17th April &#8211; Elephant Sanctuary and Luang Prabang tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?attachment_id=717\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX90V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492420564&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;13.26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC01513\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-717 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?resize=678%2C509&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?resize=326%2C245&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01513.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This morning we have a half day elephant experience at an elephant sanctuary where they care\u00a0for sick elephants that have been mistreated or made to work in logging areas or are injured. The elephants they have here are only chained up at night on long chains so they have room to move around.\u00a0 During the day, they are free to wander around and eat the sugar cane that is provided for them.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently 13 elephants in the sanctuary &amp; 2 of these are babies. We learn some interesting elephant facts some of which are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An elephant drinks 200 litres of water a day<\/li>\n<li>An elephant eats 300kg of food which is a lot of grass and sugar cane<\/li>\n<li>An elephant has 6 sets of teeth, as they grind down each set eating another set moves forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are allowed to have a ride on the elephants and most of us do, however there is no seat (howdah) and nothing to hang onto. We sit up on the neck of the elephant with our legs under the ears and our hands on the top of the huge head.\u00a0 Each elephant has its own handler (Mahout) and they sit behind us, grabbing us if we sway, fortunately no one falls off!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"718\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?attachment_id=718\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01533.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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especially going in &amp; out of the river &amp; up the steep path, but it was great fun on these gentle giants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?attachment_id=726\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01607-e1492528840967.jpg?fit=2736%2C3648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2736,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX90V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492427150&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.87&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC01607\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01662.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01662.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01662.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After lunch we leave the sanctuary &amp; head back into town to do a city tour.<\/p>\n<p>Luang Prabang is a UNESCO World heritage city with a population of 45,000 people. The Lao European fusion architecture is well preserved.<\/p>\n<p>Our first stop is at Wat Visoun which houses many very old Buddhas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?attachment_id=738\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01704.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX90V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492435884&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.58&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC01704\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01709-e1492528795456.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01709-e1492528795456.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01709-e1492528795456.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then visit the Royal Palace which is now a National Museum which houses many treasures including gold Buddhas and precious possessions of the former Lao royal family.\u00a0 Laos no longer has a king as the last crown price abdicated in the 1970\u2019s as communism was gaining popularity after the Vietnam war.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?attachment_id=742\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?resize=678%2C509&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?resize=326%2C245&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mak.iqt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC01714.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the reception rooms of the palace the walls are covered in the most magnificent murals with the people, animals &amp; trees being made from different coloured glass.<\/p>\n<p>There are gifts of a boomerang &amp; opal encrusted gold boxes, that were given by Harold Holt the Australian Prime Minister to the Lao King.<\/p>\n<p>The king had a small car collection and the cars are kept in their original condition in a garage behind the museum.<\/p>\n<p>Next we visit \u00a0Wat Xiengthong, the so-called &#8220;Temple of the Golden City&#8221; and we get caught in a tropical downpour that lasts for about 15 minutes.\u00a0 We continue our tour soaked to the skin admiring the temple complex with the urns that carried the bodies of the King &amp; Queen to their cremation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?attachment_id=743\" 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