Chapter 376: Arriving at the Valley of the Wild Elephants
At this time, it was the rainy season of Xishuangbanna, and rain was a common thing, no, Qin Yi and the others had just driven on the road, and the sky suddenly changed, the sun disappeared all of a sudden, and the raindrops the size of beans crackled and fell
Seeing that the rain was becoming a curtain, and even the windshield wipers were not easy to use, and he couldn't see the road ahead, Qin Yi pulled over and waited for the pouring rain to pass.
Susa and Chloe pursed their lips, a little bored, but it was the first time Angel and Betsy had seen such a heavy rain, and they happily leaned on the window to watch.
Montana is drizzling, but the winter blizzards are very heavy!
It's hazy outside, and there is not a single pedestrian on the road, so I didn't pay attention to it just now, but I think I'll hide in the roadside store to avoid the rain.
On both sides of the road, the broad branches and leaves of tropical and subtropical plants were also smashed by raindrops, not to mention the flowers, one by one withered and ruined, quite a bit of bleak beauty.
"Come to travel in the rainy season, it's not good, this rain will fall!"
Ye Fang muttered and complained, for fear that his good plans and enthusiasm for travel would be extinguished by this rain!
Qin Yi saw that the women were also a little bored and worried, so he explained: "Don't worry, ladies, although I haven't been here, I also know some tropical and subtropical rainy season conditions, which come and go quickly, I think it won't be long before it stops!" ”
I don't know if Qin Yi's comfort played a role, or if the title of "ladies" made them secretly happy, anyway, after listening to his words, their faces were a little lighter.
The little girls watched for a while, and also remembered the baby elephant, and when they saw the rain, they couldn't help but worry, so they opened the car window and muttered and prayed for the rain to stop.
Fortunately, it didn't take long. As Qin Yi expected, the rain of beans will stop!
In less than a minute, the sky cleared, and the bright sun once again illuminated the heavens and the earth, and the remaining water droplets between the crisp branches and leaves and delicate petals were crystal clear. It's like a crystal, and it makes people's mood fresh and bright!
"Wow, Uncle Yi is so powerful, the big raindrops also listen to Uncle Yi's words" Angel's eyes widened, surprised, looking at Qin Yi's back full of admiration!
Betsy looked the same way, making the women sitting in the back smile.
Qin Yi glanced back, the eyes full of adoration gave him infinite motivation, "oh hoo". Driving the car, it flew in the direction of the Wild Elephant Valley.
Only Ye Fang, who has been sitting in the co-pilot for N years, is a little unhappy, and he also wants to experience the feeling of being stared at by the little girls with adoring eyes
After a rain, the scenery outside is more fresh and bright, and there was a little feeling of enjoying the scenery through the glass before, but now it is completely immersive, that kind of dusty purity. Qin Yi only remembered seeing it in the pasture.
But the air in the pasture is cleaner. Maybe you can only get to that level in the rainforest.
Susa and Kolo took Sara and them to talk and laugh in a low voice, while Amanda and Liu Qimeng teased the two little girls to sing, chirping, and the crisp sound was like the cheerful birdsong in the woods.
Qin Yi and Ye Fang are two big men. Thrown aside by women and children, they can only discuss the folk customs they see with each other.
The journey was joyful, it took almost an hour to arrive at the Wild Elephant Valley, and after buying a ticket to enter the scenic spot, Qin Yi did not blindly plunge into the adventure tourism area. Or enter the high-altitude elephant viewing plank road and try to find wild elephants for the first time.
Because the entire Wild Elephant Valley is nearly 400 hectares, there are only about 50 groups scattered, and there are only more than 300 wild elephants in total.
Therefore, in order to avoid disappointment, he discussed with his daughter-in-law, and first took everyone to the Asian Elephant Performance School, where there are many tame Asian elephants, first play here for a while, have a good time, wait for whether you can find wild elephants, it is worth the trip!
As long as you can see elephants and baby elephants, ladies and girls don't care whether they are wild or not, so they are looking forward to it one by one, and they are ready to take pictures.
Along the way, the girls jumped and walked in front, Ye Fang, this guy was the same as Lai Pi coaxing his child daughter-in-law Bai Xue, got out of the car and came to Liu Qimeng, and the little couple followed behind slowly, watching while walking, the most leisurely.
At this time, we have entered the Wild Elephant Valley, which is naturally a tropical rainforest scenery.
Although the atmosphere of humanity is stronger and less primitive, the plants are still authentic tropical plants, with all kinds of crisp and fat wide leaves, spreading everywhere and lush, making people feel the rich vitality at a glance.
However, it is still different from Hawaii and PNG, although there are also palms and plantains, but there are more rainforest tree species such as ferns, shrubs, and vines, so everyone still thinks it is quite fresh, and they took a lot of photos.
Coming to the Asian elephant performance area, everyone sat down under the antique pavilion, while observing the surrounding tourists or scenery, laughing and talking, waiting for the show to begin.
This performance area is still relatively simple, backed by high mountains and dense forests, tall trees are still verdant, it may be that the rain in the morning has also spread here, and the trees in the distance are filled with water vapor, like a layer of mist, covering the mountains and forests faintly hazy.
The pavilion encloses the venue, although it is not very beautiful, but it can also give visitors a place to shelter from the rain, in this rainy season when it rains at any time, when you see the midfield, it is raining, then it is called funny!
Qin Yi imagined the elephants performing in the rain and the tourists watching the banana leaves, a little funny, and laughed out loud unconsciously, looking at Susa and Kolo Bai at him, this guy is often amused by some strange thoughts of his own!
Between several pavilions, there are some vendors selling water, yogurt, snacks and other goods, which should be employees of the scenic spot.
Well, this is the most common thing in scenic spots, contributing to economic development!
The pavilion was filled with simple wooden tables and benches, but there was a place to sit, and soon it was so full that later visitors had to lean against the pillars.
In front of the pavilion is a very simple bamboo railing, a bamboo stake is erected about two meters apart, and on top of it is a long bamboo with a thick bowl mouth, that posture, let alone blocking the elephant, Qin Yi felt that he kicked it over, and it was good that the railing could hold on!
Maybe the railing itself is not to block anything, just to circle an empty performance venue, which can be regarded as an invisible rule, so that everyone should not get too close.
Not to mention, everyone stood in pairs and threes, and no one really jumped over the railing full of entrances and walked into the performance area.
"Wow, baby elephant! Mom, is this a baby elephant? It's all so big! ”
Qin Yi was looking around, but he heard Angel's cheers of surprise, he turned his head to look, and sure enough, several men wearing light blue performance clothes and felt hats led four elephants into the arena from the left side.
The gray-brown elephants, with thick limbs and a height of more than two meters, are very well-behaved and obedient, walking slowly, with a long nose holding the tip of the tail of their companion in front of them, and circling the performance venue.
As he looked at it, Susa was smiling and answering the little girl's question: "This is the elephant, the parents of the baby elephant." ”
"Well, elephant dads and elephant mothers are also cute!" Betsy clapped her little hands and said in a jumping motion, looking at her look of novelty and surprise, obviously full of affection for this docile animal.
Kolo and the others have already been busy taking pictures, and have even started posing, but unfortunately the elephants are still in the performance area, too far away, the angle is not good, and the background does not look beautiful.
The elephants' performance began immediately, first of all, the elephants squatted on the ground under the command of the trainer, their forelimbs raised, their hooves drooped, their noses curved and upturned, and they had a cute face with a slightly grinning triangular mouth, which was really a bit of a smile.
It's just that the elephant's eyes are too small, and one big head has a pea-like small eye, which is so funny how funny it is, which makes the little girls giggle.
Two cute European and American little girls have also provoked a lot of people, not looking at the elephant to look at the little girl, one by one. (To be continued.) )