The unexpected sightings of animals that make the trip

Sure, it isn't wild, but driving down the road and then seeing a elephant walking down the road makes you pay attention. I'd guess this elephant spends its days letting tourists ride its back through the woods but still, its owner here is only leading it along the road with a stick. If that elephant wanted to, it could trample the guy and go on a good tear through the local villages before anyone could do anything about it. I doubt it would happen but I gave the big guy lots of space as I drove around him through the rain.

And then at Khao Sok National Park, my dear mother refused to go hiking because of the leeches that smelled for blood along the trails waiting to suck on some unknowing host. We got her out of the car though, but only to walk around the main entrance of the park and up to see one of the many tree houses visitors can stay in. It wasn't until we arrived back to our resort that my day looked on his leg to find a strange wound leaking blood. It was the unmistakable mark left from a leech, the anti-coagulent from them keeping the small, bleeding spot from healing. They're sneeky little bastards, sucking on you without you feeling a thing.