Wednesday, August 1, 2012

A Day with the Elephants and More

May 12 - Riding an elephant has never been on my bucket list, but, I must confess, it should have been. What a treat!  What great animals...intelligent, even lovable.  As you can imagine, I have many more photos and videos than I am sharing here.  If you are interested is seeing more, check out http://s436.photobucket.com/albums/qq88/terryinaz/  Click on "View all Albums" and find Thailand in alphabetical order.

A gentle smooth ride feeling the super strength below.



You are probably curious about the mount and dismount.


After the ride, the elephants put on a show. The show was an hour and outstanding, but space and time allows only a few highlights.  The first is the number of people in attendance.

If I hadn't witnessed this, I would not have believed it.  An elephant that can paint a self portrait?


This was fun.  We were watching the elephants relaxing and refreshing in the river when the mahouts, elephant handlers, played a trick on us. No one got wet.



After the elephants and raft ride on the river, we went to the hills to visit some of the locals.  I saw a documentary about the Long Neck People and never imagined I would meet them face to face, but here they are;  a beautiful young girl from whom I bought a gift...










and a woman weaving.  Notice the belt around her to keep the yarn taught.
I am always on the lookout for the unusual.  When I first started watching this child playing at the water hydrant, I sensed something was going to happen...it did.  I laughed when I filmed this and have every time I have watched it since.



Most evenings ended with dinner and fellowship.   One of the benefits of a group tour is getting to know people from all over the world who share a common passion for Rotary.


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