Category Archives: Animals and Pets

We did one day tour in Chiang Mai, a bit tight but we did it all 🙂  Shopping in the morning plus a visit to the Cultural Center, then lunch then Elephant ride and rafting in the afternoon 

Heart2Heart loves loves elephants!! 🙂

How cute a baby elephant! 🙂  But even if it was a baby, we were still scared to go near it

They eat tons and tons of food in a day!

It’s like a ride in an amusement park, you have to fall in line, go up a ramp to the station and then ride on the elephant 🙂

You can feed the elephants 

We liked this ride a bit better compared to the one in India because it had a water passage

Previous entry:  Dera Amer December 5, 2012 

Although the one in India was probably much safer since it was more flat.  This one had a lot of uphills and downhills.  Another difference between the one in India was this was a full seat with a bar handle to hold, the one in India was a flat seat with legs stretching forward – a bit difficult but I realized later on that the flat one was safer since I was falling in this seat – a bit scary – I almost fell downward when the elephant stepped down.  Kids must hold on tight- there are no seat belts

Hi Papa and Javier!!  It’s amazing how the guide just sits on the head of the elephant without anything strapped on them.  We were holding on really tight to our seat!

In the middle of the trip, there is a food stand where you can buy food for the elephants and feed them 

What we saw 

Resting midway

One of the rules is not to let your guide go down and take your photo, well ours did on his own and as soon as he went down – the elephant put up his trunk and blew on us!  It was a bit scary and could get scary if the elephant gets out of control so maybe better not to allow it

Going back passing water again

You can’t ever get tired of feeding the elephants because they really eat a lot!

Right after we went to the rafts

A leisure ride through the river

It was funny because when we got to the end, we saw this truck that arrived carrying the rafts – we figured they will bring the rafts back up instead of the rafts going back up manually – which is why we did not see any raft going the opposite direction 🙂

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I’ve never seen so many kinds of elephants in my life 🙂  But I love them!  Elephants with trunks going up are good luck 🙂 So make sure when you buy one, make sure the trunk is facing up

At the Marble store in Agra

Previous entry:  Akbar International Marble Agra November 29, 2012 

In the Bellevue Coffeeshop at the Oberoi Amarvilas Agra

Previous entry:  Bellevue at the Oberoi Amarvilas Agra November 26, 2012 

The Oberoi Amarvilas Agra

Previous entry:  The Oberoi Amarvilas Agra November 26, 2012 

A marble Elephant which I bought in one of the shops by the Taj Mahal

At Kohinoor Jewellers in Agra

Previous entry:  Embroidery of Shams and Kohinoor Jewellers Agra November 30, 2012

The Elephant God – Ganesh

On a wall while we were traveling 

At the entrance of the Rambagh Palace

Previous entry:  Rambagh Palace Jaipur by The Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces December 3, 2012

In the room on top of the fireplace at the Rambagh Palace

Previous entry:  Rambagh Palace Jaipur

At Dera Amer Resort, Jaipur

Previous entry:  Dera Amer December 5, 2012

A a local handicrafts store in Jaipur

Pink elephant!!!

By the City Palace Jaipur

 At The Raj Palace Hotel Jaipur

Ganesh again 🙂  There are many more Ganesh all over India!

Handle of the door at the Umaid Bawan Palace Jodhpur

At a local handicrafts store in Jodhpur

On the wall of the Fort at Jodhpur

At the camp, Jodhpur

At Gem Palace, Jaipur

Elephant Marble carving at the Jains Temple

Lifesize marble elephant at the Jains temple

At the Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur

At the Palace in Udaipur

Ganesh in Art

At the airport in New Delhi

Other elephants 🙂

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We didn’t ride the elephants at the Amber Fort but we went to Dera Amer instead

The owner of Dera Amer, Udaijit Singh.  He also starred in the movie Far Pavilion

I am scared to go near the elephants 🙂

Feeding time 🙂

The resort

Polo Field for Elephant polo 

Our elephants 

James and I riding 🙂

We had a private elephant ride 🙂  Peaceful and quiet.  We realized how slow the elephants move and that’s how they used to travel in the olden days!  I was a bit scared because we were so high! If that elephant decides to dance or something… yikes! 🙂

Then you get back to the Polo field from the other end

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I attended this talk by Peter Allison organized by A to A Safaris 

Previous entry:  Asia to Africa Safaris January 3, 2012

Everyone here has either been to a safari like Jay Lopez and Tito Manny and Tita Ina Dizon….

…..or has been to a safari and wants to go again on another adventure like Tessa Valdes and Malou Gamboa, and Chie Gatchalian and her husband

planning to go to a safari like Aileen Anastacio, Chip Syyap and Mia Florencio   

or maybe some just dreaming to go to one one day, that’s me 🙂  maybe with my bestfriend Eds or with Steve and Cherina 🙂

And here is Peter Allison!  I actually find him cute 🙂 When he starts to talk he reminds me of Crocodile Dundee.  He told me that he lives in Cape Town behind the mountains with 4 horses and he just jumps on one when he wants to go somewhere 🙂  He goes around the mountain to get to work which is around 20 minutes away

I love this slide which I saw in the last presentation of A to A 

Peter’s talk was not the usual sales or marketing talk, but he showed us photos from his safari adventures!  It was very interesting because he knows about animal behavior.  We probably will not be able to tell what animals are doing when we take their photos, but Peter knows and has a story behind every photo he takes 

One day, I am going to take my own photos and tell my own African Safari story….. one day! 🙂 and who knows, maybe Peter Allison will be my safari guide!  Woohoo!  

 Peter is also a famous author

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