The pacaderms

We finally got to see the pacaderms up close and personal, watched them in action logging, playing football, and saw how they were used in war. It is not hard to love these amazingly smart, majestic, powerful and entertaining animals. What Layli laughed about the most was watching the elephants dance which the elephants seems to have a certain knack for. They're intelligent, nimble and they do have a natural sway to their walk. Apparently they love music and it seems to show as they sway and prance to the rhythm, with their trunks swinging and feet keeping time with the beat, and heads swaying to and fro. After the show we got to feed them sugar cane and bananas.... and although we were still laughing about and remembering the non stop thrills of feeding the monkeys, I could not help but think that I am glad there were not 100 elephants wandering around freely trying to out smart us for our bags of bananas. I can see why this animal is so highly respected and loved and is a worthy symbol of Thailand for, like the people of this country, it has great strength and great gentleness.