Elephant Extraveganza

The highlight of my time in Phuket was going on an elephant safari! An hour drive into the mountains brought us to a remote yet thriving nature tour. It was a four-hour tour which was spent riding an elephant, feeding elephants, watching elephants paint, and learning the "old-fashioned-way" of producing things native to Thailand.

Ready or not, here we go!

My view from atop the elephant. It was rather bumpy.

The peach freckles on her trunk are like beauty marks or wrinkles. The age of an elephant can be estimated by the presence of these spots.

Feeding my elephant bananas and pineapples. I could not get them out of the basket quick enough!

Ever see an elephant paint? One of the many "tricks" they teach elephants is how to paint. 

Say, "CHEESE!"