CHIANG MAI -- PART 4
THAI ELEPHANTS THAT CAN PLAY SOCCER,
PAINT, BLOW, THROW DARTS . . .
Food (bananas and sugar canes) for Thai elephants
A big chart showing Thai elephants' age, rider's name, etc.
Thai elephants can lay down or sit down.
Jaw-dropped audience
Thai elephants can kick soccer
Thai elephants can carry soccer.
Thai elephants can block soccer
Thai elephants can block soccer again and again.
Thai elephants can paint
Paintings by Thai elephants for sale
Thai elephants can throw darts.
That elephant and our interpreter (Farrah in white T-shirt) competed and tied the game.
Pulling logs and build a stacked-up "fence"
One of the paintings Thai elephants painted for sale
Another one by Thai elephant . . . unbelievable
Dead leaves as roof shingles