Hello everybody it’s Eliza!
I’m currently sat on a bench taking refuge from the thunderstorm with Kate, Hamish and Ranmenika, our favourite elephant. The beauty of the view in front of us can’t be put in to words, but we’ll show you plenty of pictures when we come home. We woke up to Charlie’s ‘Good Morning’, rather than the alarm that failed us, but it didn’t stop the team from doing yoga in the morning sunshine with the 7 rescue dogs that belong to MEF. (P.S update on Ranmenika: he’s currently rolling around in the river a few metres from us!)
We continued the day cleaning out the elephants’ night beds, which yes mum, means I’ve ruined your gardening gloves- sorry! After filling ourselves with egg on toast, we completed the elephants’ daily care routines which includes feeding and bathing them. After this, we were all EXTREMELY hot and dripping with sweat, so Jade (our lovely MEF coordinator) took us down to the local hotel’s gorgeous pool to relax and take a break as a team. We came back to banana curry which filled us up ready for a garden tour from MEF’s very wise gardener who was the Sri Lankan version of Bear Grylls. He cut us pineapples fresh from the ground which we are having with our dinner tonight. The team have been set a task to film promotional footage of MEF which we will begin tomorrow when the rain has cleared. At 6:00 we will have dinner and then watch a movie which will be a great end to an even better day. Hope everything is good back in England.
We can’t wait to tell you about our adventure when we get home but one of my lovely teammates will update you tomorrow. Love from us all – Eliza, Kate, Hamish, Ellie, Hatty, Jess, Esha, Charlie and Lily. <3 xxxx
Loving these updates! Keep them coming! Glad you have had some down time too! x
Such a wonderful update…. feel like I am there with you all. You all sound like you are having the most amazing experience which you will all treasure, forever. Await the photos!
Hello Eliza and teammates! Wow! Sounds like you guys are having an amazing time – working hard and having some well deserved down time. Enjoy the movie tonight and looking forward to hearing from you all soon. Love to all xx
Lovely to hear about your day – sounds very busy but amazing! The pictures on MEF instagram were fantastic!! Can’t wait to hear more!
Sounds fabulous Eliza, working hard and playing hard. Enjoy every second X
Wow!! Great update. Sounds like you are having an amazing time, what a great experience. Enjoy every second. Look forward to the next update. Love to you all xx
Hi Eliza, Thanks for the update, I can’t believe Charlie was the first to wake – never happens here!
Thanks for the post and the photos look amazing!
All sounds amazing! Loving the sound of banana curry and freshly picked pineapple. Thanks for the post. Vicky & Chris
Sounds fantastic, keep the updates coming. We hope you are having an amazing time!
Hi Eliza
Looks like looking after all those pets at home has set you well for looking after elephants!
Sounds like a trip of a lifetime, I’m glad my humiliation on the fund raising quiz night was not in vain…