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Knowing that the internet speed would be extremely slow after 7:30pm (Thai time), I got to make some adjustment by pushing back my dinner time and check emails earlier to avoid the heavy traffic online.

After the daily reporting was done, I would go to the night street food stalls to have my dinner at around 9pm.  There was a whole stretch of street food stalls lining up side by side along the designated pavement. You can find fruits, raw food, cooked food, desserts, soya bean drinks and many strange foods selling over there at the Thailand night street market.

I went to the nearest noodle stall which was located just outside the hotel to take my dinner. I had patronised this noodle stall for 3 consecutive nights because I like the delicious Wanton noodle served there as compared with some other noodle stalls.

The main road over there was busy at night and I was sitting at the table facing the fast moving cars. Suddenly, something caught my eyes while I was enjoying my Wanton noodle. I saw an elephant was walking along the roadside and there was a man riding on top of it 🙂

I was stunned and could not believe my eyes. Why was there an elephant walking along the roadside of a busy road? Strange, huh? Then, suddenly a Thai man was approaching me and requesting me to buy a packet of sugar canes from him for 20 bahts to feed the elephant.

Thai Man Riding On An Elephant :

Back View of Elephant Walking Away Along Thailand Roadside :

Well, I just gave him the money and let him feed the poor elephant even though I didn’t know what was happening at that moment because of the language barrier.

The next day, I told my colleagues who went to Thailand with me for the oversea training about what I had encountered that night. Then, I came to know that it is quite a common scene in Thailand for seeing a man riding on the elephant along the roadside. Anyway, being a foreigner, I find it strange and amusing 😛