Memories of a cheeky little elephant
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382412)
Rockingham, Australia
November 22, 2021 7:22am CST
I was going through some old photos and came across these from our trip to Thailand in 1996. Four adults and 12 teenage boys went to a Karen village in north-western Thailand to help them install a water system which would provide them with fresh, clean water.
When it was finished, we had some free days and went to an park which had, among other things, elephants which we could ride and generally interact with. There was also a cheeky young elephant who wanted to play push and shove with anyone who would take him on.
Baby elephants are just so cute and I love the way they run with their toes in the air and heels hitting the ground first. I had to scan the photos and they are very ordinary. However, they still bring back lots of memories.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
22 Nov 21
I've never looked at how they run so I wouldn't recognize when it was different but it sounds like a nice time and good memories.
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@wolfgirl569 (135944)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Nov 21
@JudyEv It looks like it by your pictures. I wonder if you went back there and told them what year it was if you could see that same baby now. That would be real fun.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Nov 21
@wolfgirl569 That would indeed. It's probably giving rides by now.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
22 Nov 21
i have so many memories of elephants in Thailand. amazing creatures!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
22 Nov 21
@JudyEv we watched them roll Teak Logs to the river Kwai. amazing.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Nov 21
@DocAndersen In the Singapore Zoo they manipulated logs too. They are certainly amazing animals.
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@Softncuddly (1600)
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22 Nov 21
Time flies... Wow. I like looking at elephants too. When we went to Thailand, we thought about seeing the elephants, but unfortunately it was far. And we didn't have time to visit them. It's OK, I used to have an elephant stuff toy..... Lol
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Nov 21
@Softncuddly Hopefully we'll all be able to travel again before too long.
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@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Nov 21
Baby elephants just want to have fun, I guess, as long as they don't injure anyone.
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It's must have been so fun to play with them
@DaddyEvil (174657)
• United States
22 Nov 21
Baby animals are always cute... just like human babies. It's when things grow up that they become... not so cute.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
22 Nov 21
Awwww cute pictures and what a great memory to have. That is why it is so important to take photos because years later you get to look back and all those memories come back.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
22 Nov 21
@JudyEv I love going through the old photo albums every now and then just to reminisce.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
22 Nov 21
Oh my how cute. I read somewhere that elephants think that humans are cute. Adorable. I'd play with him. As a baby that is. lol, now that's he's a big elephant I would pet him but not play because I'm sure he'd win
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
24 Nov 21
@JudyEv A very compact, dense animal, strong for sure
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@snowy22315 (209114)
• United States
22 Nov 21
That must have been so much fun. I would love to visit somewhere like that. My cousin and his wife, although at that time girlfriend went to Thailand. The thing that amazed him was the crazy traffic, but I think that is in alot of places. He thought the whole experience of being there was kind of mind altering though.
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@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
22 Nov 21
They are cute, indeed! Nothing “ordinary” about them, I love them!!!
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@RasmaSandra (98070)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Nov 21
So true and such cute baby elephant nice memories
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
23 Nov 21
Yes, the baby elephant looks very cute. We too saw a baby elephant in Nandankanan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It only wanted the visitors to pat it.
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