We were at the plantation club dinner. Our guests that weekend were planters and families from a neighbouring tea company, some 30 of them.
Everyone had either coke, fresh fruit juice or a drink of something stronger before dinner. I was probably one of the only ones that drank plain water .........but my glass tasted wierd. Every sip I took was worse than the last one. Finally I put it down and went to speak to the cook.
The cook and his mate in the kitchen laughed.
The night before, a large herd of elephants had visited the open water collection tank on the hilltop above the club. It was the source that supplied everyone with drinking water.
"Amma," he chortled in Tamil, eyes crinkling merrily."The elephants must have been hot, so they even had a bath in the pool." He said, smiling, " there was a huge pile of elephant dung at the pool, when we went to check this morning..........." Eeeeeeeeeeeeks!
Everyone had either coke, fresh fruit juice or a drink of something stronger before dinner. I was probably one of the only ones that drank plain water .........but my glass tasted wierd. Every sip I took was worse than the last one. Finally I put it down and went to speak to the cook.
The cook and his mate in the kitchen laughed.
The night before, a large herd of elephants had visited the open water collection tank on the hilltop above the club. It was the source that supplied everyone with drinking water.
"Amma," he chortled in Tamil, eyes crinkling merrily."The elephants must have been hot, so they even had a bath in the pool." He said, smiling, " there was a huge pile of elephant dung at the pool, when we went to check this morning..........." Eeeeeeeeeeeeks!
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