Elephant ride

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A short clip of an elephant ride I took and some pictures to go with!

elephant-riding from Mary Qin on Vimeo.

elephants approach mounting area

The elephants coming in so we can hop on for a ride!

elephant reaching out trunk

Aww, I was tempted to try to "shake hands."

the youngest elephant driver was only a boy

This little boy may be young, but he's an expert elephant driver!

the elephant I rode arrives

Here comes my ride, ready for a spin.

sitting atop the elephant

I joined a mother-daughter pair on our elephant.

butterflies mating high up in a tree

We were so high up I got a close look at these butterflies!

view of the skin around the ear of the elephant

They've got this crazy coarse skin that feels really cool. Also note how their ears are used as racks for the hook used to cut up wood.

happily enjoying the elephant ride

Check out how cool it is. 🙂

elephant standing peeing, with riders

Oh dear, he just decided it was time and went for it.

hacking off wood from tree trunk

Those hooks were used to get pieces of these trees for the elephants to eat. Apparently they find it very tasty.

field where elephants walked around

We had a nice field to roam around and at one point, it looked like the people were floating in the trees.

heading back to the loading dock

And after our little spin around, it was time to return to the loading dock and head off to the next adventure.

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