We have now left Cambodia and are back in Thailand, I must say it was great to be back on the smooth roads of Thailand and to be back in the land of smiles. This is a popular form of transport amongst the farmers.
This fellow aspires to be the owner of one of the trucks in the picture above! They do everything with these engines, plough, harrow, go to market, take the mother in law out for Sunday lunch!!
Not something we see much of in North Yorkshire., here they are taking a snake home for lunch: that is the snake will be their lunch, unless he is able to get his fangs into the moped driver, in which case he may become the snake's lunch!!
One of our buddies!
Taken at the wonderful historical park at Sukhothai, this incredible place was built in the 13th/14th century, that's before even John Brown was born!
On Tuesday 24th Feb we called in to an elephant conservation centre on our way to Chiang Mai. Here they are trying to help conserve the Thai elephant which are an endangered breed. These elephants are smaller and more docile than their African counterparts and can be trained to do a number of different tasks, a
After each task performed the elephant takes a bow
Two elephants working together to carry a heavy log between their tusks and their trunk.
Here two elephants move a pile of logs. Elephants were used to help clear the debris after the Tsunami. You can see why.
Here an elephant paints a picture, his handler chooses the colour, applies the paint to the brush and then hands the brush to the elephant who then paints the picture. This elephant painted a picture of two elephants.
Yes an elephant painted this picture too, imagine what they could do to your house with a roller and a tin of emulsion!!
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