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Grab the ear, step on the leg and jump.

Posted by agc_cwm | 4th January 2009

“Grab the ear, step on the leg, and jump” were the instructions our guide gave us before we had to mount the elephant. One of the mahouts, elephant drivers, even demonstrated for us. It looking deceivingly simple. The first step was to kick the elephants leg and say song. Then the elephant would raise its leg so you could use it as a step. After the elephant’s leg was up, that’s when you followed the previous instructions. The steps seem simple until you’ve jumped and you’re holding onto the elephant’s ear with your right hand, and the elephant’s back with your left hand, and you’re not quite up on the back of the elephant and not standing on its leg anymore. Oh, and then it puts its leg down. At this point your only option is to fall off the elephant or scramble up onto the elephant. Thankfully I managed to scramble up on to the back of the elephant. I felt proud to have successfully mounted an elephant. This is Court on the elephant, but I made it up too.

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