Learn more about Elephant Nature Park at http://www.elephantnaturepark.org/.
First things first... we have to collect some food for the elephants..
After a short drive to the park, it's feeding time.
Then it's wash time and photos with clean elephants.
... who sometimes like to mug for the camera.
We move to an elevated platform to get a good vantage on the baby.
That girl next to Sara is Morgan, who we shall meet again presently.
This is the White Elephant.
More fun with babies.
The nature park is also home to many other animals, like these fuzzy cats.
Our lodging. Bamboo hut, indeed.
(Only one problem. Notice how there's only one water line? And at the head of that shower is just an on/off valve. Yeah... there's no hot water. Showers are available in ice-cold only.)
So anyway, about Morgan. During the first elephant wash, she splashed me with some cold river water. So naturally, I had no choice during the second wash but to track her down and declare open war.
(I recruit little brothers to help.)
Ok, so I didn't win. Whatever. The next day we got up and went on our first Elephant Walk. We were treated to the sight of a couple of the younger elephants wrestling.
The feeding platform.
The park has a couple of piglets. I could only get one good picture of them.
Day three begins with another Elephant Walk.
Can you imagine a 75-year old woman spending all her time wrestling and playing with a 7-year old boy? That's what's going on here.
This is James Bond, one of the about 50 dogs that lives on the park. We were told that he was uncomfortable with strangers and that we should keep our distance. I did, at least until he came up and put his head in my lap.
And who is that tall handsome fellow hiding behind a tree? Can it be?? It is! It's Maximus!
After we left the park and returned to town, we found that our hotel had set us up a honeymoon suite as well.
Which was nice, because everything since then has been flying, a bus, a crapton of snow.