I have just returned to the UK from Thailand. I spent a week as a volunteer at the Elephant Nature Park. I got teary eyed on a number of occasions throughout the course of the week on learning the stories and background of the elephants that have been rescued…Max being one of them. What Lek has and is achieving with the help of others is beyond inspiring. She is a remarkable lady. I intend to do whatever I can in the future to be part of the park in some way. I too have fostered two elephants….Hope and Jungle Boy. I had the great pleasure of hand feeding Hope ice lollies which I am told he loves….it was priceless to watch him enjoy them and then out of his mouth would pop the wooden stick from the ice cream. I will without doubt be returning in the future and plan to organise a fund raising event with some of the fellow volunteers that I worked with to help raise funds.