Southeast Asia and Indonesia 2006

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

elephant conservation center




...although our legs and arms are sore from jumping up on the elephants and riding them into the "jungle" we have made it through our very amateur 1.5 day "training". really the elephants only listen to their mahout(the guys who take care and train the elephants), they just tell us the commands to say to pretend that we are in charge:) of course liza and i got the biggest ones, who also had to be bathed seperate from the rest of the elephants....liza had the older male, who all the female elephants were in love with, one of the females uproated a tree just for him...ahhh love, makes you do ridiculous things sometimes:) they purred when they were around him, i never knew the similarities they had with kitties... i got the older female who didn't do any tricks and was a total loner...we lolligagged behind everyone on our way into the jungle. the only thing she seemed interested in was eating..definately not bathing either....why me??? NO one in their right mind would want to hang out in brown water with poop grazing their legs, but we sure did and boy did we smell good at the end of the day!! not a job for a princess....
p.s. all is well with the military coup here in thailand, in case anyone even heard about it:)
xoxoxoxooooo
acazia incorporated

7 Comments:

At 8:14 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow! What fantastic pictures! You gals are having a wonderful adventure; thank you for keeping us in the loop....life in Austin is good, just finished a HUGE final report totalling 265 pages....and started a painting class.....look forward to more pix and updates! Take care, JVG

 
At 8:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Guys!!

I love reading about your adventures and seeing the pics. It looks amazing, different, eye/mind/heart-opening. I am working away on a new little film in Alb. I moved into my amazing place. Fall is in full swing here; yellow leaves, cool mornings and clear nights. A reminder that winter is just around the corner. No sweaty armpits here. More later. Love you. Miss you. Be safe. Glad you avoided Java and glad to hear the Thai coup didn't effect you. xxoo Faith

 
At 1:52 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looks like you guys are having a fantastic time. Did you sing "pee-pee ka-ka poo-poo" while you were wading in the brown poopie water? My dad and Wendy are heading over there today so they will be happy to hear that the coup deal is ok. Glad you guys are safe. I love you, miss you too. Can't wait to sit down with you both and look at picts when you get back and hear about all of your adventures. I'm still green with envy - in a really loving way :)
Take care, hi Liza
Bree

 
At 1:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

P.S.
Love the booty shot of you on the elephant 'Caz.
Bree

 
At 10:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi girls...have been enjoying your blog site, thanks for putting it on my computer! i love the elephant photos and your commentary, caz...too funny, LOL!! it's great to follow your adventures this way and of course soothe the mama genesthat you are both alive and well and having a fabulous vacation.
love ya bunches,
mom

 
At 3:46 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Greetings!

Elephants! Tigers and bears next?? Oh, my! Your pictures were blown up to bigger than life size in my classroom [the projector] and the students were in awe of your adventures. You guys are giving them a great look at how it is possible to live outside the box and, in our case, outside the valley. All our love,
Mom & Dad

 
At 6:42 PM, Blogger Tommy said...

Hey!!! Okay, these are some amazing pics. It's nice that we really get to imagine everything you're experiencing there - we're so glad you're sharing this with us, so glad to follow along. Can't wait to see what's next! Love Tommy

 

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