Feb. 28, 2010
On our way back from our Tea Safari, Murali asked us if we'd like to ride an elephant. This man thinks of the greatest things for us to do! Of course we both said yes, so he headed in that direction. Here are the photos:
The male to keep all the ladies happy :o)
This was our Mahout (elephant keeper) who looked after our elephant as we walked through the forest. He was quite the little charmer.
How to get an elephant to back up!
Rowan discovered that elephants like pineapple as much as she does.
After our ride, we got down off of the elephant and took a few moments to learn how to walk again. Sitting on the animals backbone is not a thing of comfort that I will describe to you here. Good thing this isn't the main mode of transportation in these parts, or we would be walking everywhere. Ouch!
On our way back to the resort we made a short stop in Munnar Town to pick up a few other items we want to bring home with us.
Munnar Town
This is our favorite road sign. They are found all over this region.
We got back to our bungalow, and this was all we could do after our very long, exciting day.
We leave in the morning to fly back to Hyderabad. Kerala has been an enchanting, magical and beautiful adventure. A place we will return to again if given the opportunity, as there is still so much more to see.
You and Gail now have 1 more thing in common - riding an Elephant! She did it in a circus that we performed at ... Remind me to send you a picture of it.. (Tim)
ReplyDeleteOh, I can't wait for the photo! Imagine the stories we will tell the next time we all get together :o)
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