

Adelaide to Wakefield to Wallaroo South Australia. Sonbern Lodge more clips at http://ournews.mobi/album.htm (c) Terrell Neuage http://neuage.org August 15 2008
We watched the elephants do their thing at the Maetamann Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai followed by riding one then drifting down the Ping River on a bamboo raft. The elephant show takes about 50 minutes. We saw the regular show time at 09.40-10.30 a.m. What we saw: troop of elephant stars holding “Welcome” sign and salute the audience, Showing the relationship and communication between mahout and elephant by elephant obey the commands of mahout such as sit, lay down, or crouch for mahout to ride on the neck., Show playing an instrument and dancing along the music, Show playing basketball and football, Show their intelligent by walking with 2 legs, use their snout to put the hat on their mahout’s head, keep things into the basket, massage human by using their feet and snout softly, Show working by collect the elephant chain by themselves and drag logs by arranging in order, Show painting the picture of tree with flowers and of other elephants on elephant dung paper – which is what this video clip shows, Close the show with the troop of elephant stars holding “Thank you” sign and after that the audience can go see to elephants closely.