Elephant Ride Anyone?

I gotta say, when our trip to Cambodia was cancelled due to lack of people, I was pretty disappointed. So we decided to go for our original plan of Thailand... after reading some reviews and travel guides on Thailand, I noticed that there were elephant rides available in Thailand. I was "IN," I agreed to change our plans to Thailand as long as I got to ride on this giant friendly animal. It was definitely a highlight of our trip. We had so much fun feeding the elephants at the beginning as there are 2 elephants - very hungry elephants who seem to want endless amounts of food at the entrance. Then we watched a very entertaining show where elephants are playing darts, playing dead, playing soccer and much more. They even painted (better than most people I know including my hubby). It was such a thrill... and of course we ended our experience with the elephant ride. It's a bumpy ride and my husband thought it would be smelly as many horse-rides are but it wasn't at all... although we did hike across the hill which appeared to be their toilet area as each elephant relieved themselves... the ride is shaky and it's recommended you go get a massage afterwords - check out my AKA spa experience for that.