Wasn't Dumbo so adorable? Well elephants, I found out, are not THAT cute but they are charming nonetheless. If you think about it, they should be classified as panget: wrinkly gray skin, muddy bodies, a nose bigger than Mike Enriquez' ... but they are really adorable. When they spurt water out using their trunks ...
... when they stand on their hind legs or carry entire logs at one go ...
... or when they show you that hey! not only humans have brains, like Dumbo Dali here (my nickname for her) who painted an image of a tree and proved that elephants not only have long memories but amazing creativity too!
There were three highlights for me of the elephant tour that I took with the Sexy Seductress in Chiang Mai: watching Dumbo Dali paint, riding on top of an elephant named Ng (this experience goes to the top of my Best Experiences list, along with sitting on top of a tiger in Guilin) ...
... and, of course, feeding it breakfast.
Elephants eat as much as 300 pounds of food in a single day! At this elephant farm we fed the elephants bananas and palm sugar - a high potassium and high sugar diet!
I always though that an elephant's diet consisted of peanuts. Like in the cartoons. Apparently, hindi lang pala matsing ang mahilig sa saging!
DHARA DHEVI DESTINATION
If you ever find yourself in Chiang Mai and want to take this same elephant tour, contact the Dhara Devi Destination
66 (53) 888 888 ext. 8974
Ask for Mrs. Panudcha
Tour: approx 4000 baht/person. Experience: priceless!
PS Ever wondered how an elephant sleeps?
There is no sincerer love than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw
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