SIZING US UP AND GETTING EDUCATED!
Discussed feeding, elephant health care, bathing, etc.
Did you know elephants only sweat from one part of their body?? Do you know where?
Let my assistant Vanna show you….between their toenails! Dom is doing the health-ckeck..all is good! There is moisture between the toes! Great job Doms
Next comes the……..
POOP! Yes, Vanna is carrying Elephant Poop…She must inspect it, make sure elephant is healthy!
Rip it in half, study the fibres and SQUEEZE! Ah, what do we have here? Drips! That's a good sign, means elephant is hydrated and drinking water! Yay for Lucky! Not so good for Doms!
AND Last but not least….
we must smell the poo…hmmm?…smells kinda grassy, not bad, but I can definitely tell it came from inside!
It's quite easy to make friends with an elephant….just bring a huge basket of bananas and approach it with a friendly smile and call their name…..so Doms walked over to Lucky and called her name and said 'BON"…….instantly Lucky's trunk went up and she opened her mouth for Dominique to feed her. They became best friends after that! :)
Before bathing we had to clean off the elephants as they spray their back with dirt debris to help keep the bugs off their back.
WHACK….."Harder" they were saying to Doms
Our next task took a little longer….the gentle giants take awhile to scrub down!
scrubbing carefully around the eyes
Lucky likes her head scrubbed
Don't forget the tail
or the trunk!
One final last rinse for them !
And ours!
After the bathing of the elephants we changed into our 'Mahout' outfits…... next was how to get on your elephant (no platform allowed here) 3 options….by the trunk, by the leg or get elephant to lay day and straddle it (that's the easy way…no points)!
Dom getting on via trunk
almost there
Sawatdee Kaa!
AND, now my turn. Art told me I could not get on MasseyNoi the 3 ways, I had to run and jump on her….so I waived my hand in the air and said "no problem" and we laughed. I approached MasseyNoi and Art said ok, you have to jump…..no shit!?!….I really had to jump…and…white girl can't jump!
the form is looking good….i'm 1 inch off the ground…i think….
UGHHH! looking decent except for the saggy butt pants!!!
ahhh yup….not quite the mount I wanted….but that's ok, Art's hand is really wanting to help.
Riding like a pro!!!
TREKKING time…….
Amazing lunch was served to us!
Elephants roaming behind us while we have lunch…so beautiful!
Someone else is hungry!
Beautiful Big Boy!
Baby cuddles!
Mom with baby..9 days old
He is intrigued with us
Dom riding like a pro.…me not so much, I almost fell off 3 times trying this maneuver!!!
Beautiful girls!
Dom was invited back next year after Lucky has her baby! OR maybe her guide 'Chai' just wants to see her again???
Absolutely awesome adventure, I'm enjoying each and every blog you write.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing!!!! Lorraine
Thanks Lorraine…glad you are enjoying it! :)
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