Elephants and mallets

09.04.09 / Travel-scapes / Author: Kevster

When we think of polo, we often think of prim and proper horses with royal crests, ridden by royalty wielding nasty-looking mallets. We also think of palaces, of demure gigantic fountains and a round, red ball being tossed about in the cleanly cut grass.

Well, don’t expect these things if you’re in Thailand and you’re playing elephant polo. Elephant polo is played the same way- but the only difference is you’ll be riding a behemoth ten times your size and weight, and when you’re thrown off, you’ll actually feel how it’s like to fall off one story from the ground.