点评:BLES Elephant Sanctuary
Stayed 5 days end Sept 3026.
What a fabulous place: Catherine who runs the place has so much passion and empathy- not only are there a lot of elephants, some of which are clearly injured during their previous life and now cared for, but quite a few gorgeous and friendly dogs, an alligator, pigs and a number of cats. She also employs a lot of villagers as Mahouts and other staff. She also adopts local children as necessary - a couple of boys had recently been “adopted “ because their mother had been killed in a car accident and had essentially been abandoned.
All meals (delicious) are provided at the sanctuary although one evening we paid a small extra sum to have a “cooking class” at a villager’s home, which was a lot of fun but not much “cooking class”.
Each day after breakfast we helped prepare the medicine for the elephants. Later a walk to a different location each day for a picnic lunch, including in a tree house one day. We would often pass elephants on the walk and have elephants near us during lunch.
In the evening we would be taken 10 minutes to the accommodation, which is very basic, although it does have air conditioning.
In summary, an opportunity to have a very unusual 5 days seeing what someone with huge focus and passion can achieve, surrounded by rescued elephants and other animals.
Oh, and remember the bug spray!
翻译:BLES大象庇护所
我在3026年9月底在这里逗留了5天。
真是个棒极了的地方:这里的负责人凯瑟琳充满热情与同理心——这里不仅养着很多大象,其中一些显然在过去受过伤,如今正得到悉心照料;还有许多漂亮又友善的狗狗、一只短吻鳄、几头猪以及不少猫咪。她还雇佣了许多当地村民来担任驯象师及其他工作人员。她还会在必要时收养当地的孤儿——最近就有一对男孩被“收养”,因为他们的母亲在车祸中丧生,孩子们几乎被遗弃了。
保护区内提供所有餐食(都很美味)。不过有一天晚上,我们额外付了些钱,在一位村民家中参加了一堂“烹饪课”;虽然很有趣,但实际上算不上什么“烹饪课”。
每天早餐后,我们都会帮忙为大象配药。后来,我们每天都会去不同的地方野餐,有一天甚至是在树屋里野餐。散步时我们经常遇到大象,吃午饭时也有大象就在我们身边。
傍晚时,我们会乘车10分钟前往住处,那里的设施非常简陋,不过倒是配有空调。
总而言之,这是一次极为难得的体验:在众多获救的大象及其他动物的陪伴下,亲眼见证一个拥有极大专注力与热情的人能够取得怎样的成就。
哦。别忘了带驱虫剂!