September 25, 2010 @ Chiang Mai, Thailand


The kitchen

Each elephant eats few of these basket everyday

Me and Mae Kham Kaew

Itchy itchy

Check out my mouth

Resting the long trunk

Very playful at time

They are huge!

Very cute one year old baby

Chang Yim

Feeding time!

I had a lot of fun feeding Mae Kaew

Mae Kaew keeps asking for more!

Delicious lunch buffet

Delicious lunch buffet

Delicious lunch buffet

Posting for picture

Safety Rules

Delicious lunch

Heading to the river

Ethnic elephant

Splashing water to the elephant

Elephant loves water!

Splashing water to the elephant

Splashing water to the elephant

Apparently I*m doing it too slow

Fun time!

With 3 volunteers splashing water it*s still not enough

Disappeared in the water

Elephant loves water!

One of the four male in the park

Me after bathing the elephants

Malai Tong, her foot is horribly disfigured

She got beautiful ear

The herd

Happy family

The adult elephants are very protective of the two babies

Oh no where are the babies?!?

Graze on grass

Playing in the water

Eating

Crossing the river again

And this is what they do after a bath!

Love this little guy

Mud is sun block for elephant

Itchy itchy

Itchy itchy

Itchy itchy

Itchy itchy

Itchy itchy

Itchy itchy

Itchy itchy

Itchy itchy

Chang Yim & Pha Mai

The two babies

Chang Yim & Pha Mai

Chang Yim & Pha Mai

Chang Yim & Pha Mai

Chang Yim & Pha Mai

Cut it out kids

Chang Yim

Elephant Nature Park believes in positive reinforcement

Elephant

Elephant

Me and elephants

I love elephant!

Elephants Nature Park is like a paradise for elephants

Happy campers

So many wrinkles

Ok I love elephant but not sure about a kiss

A very loving elephant

A very loving elephant

Female elephant has very short teeth

Me & Pha Mai

Hand hand

Hand hand

Storm coming

Pouring rain

After the rain

One of the four male

Elephant: I can do it faster than you guys!

More pink = older elephant

Happy Hour @ Le Meridien Royal Club

Dinner

The tom yum guan soup was not as good as last night one