I just recently returned from my first trip to Asia. I went to Singapore and to Phukett, Thailand. We stayed at the Marriot resort in Thailand which was really nice. But one of the most enjoyable things for me was to see my little girl riding an elephant on the beach everyday. Each morning and afternoon they would walk two baby elephants down the beach for their exercise. They would pass by our resort. We would watch for them to come by and raided the fruit bowl everyday in our room. We had a bag full of pears and apples to feed them. The elephant in the photo's could eat five pears in about 45 seconds.
It was really funny to see the elephant go swimming. They would take a coconut and throw it into the ocean and the elephant would run and retrieve it like a dog. He would completely submerge sometimes and get rolled over by some of the waves. When the elephant would retrieve the coconut and lay it down at the feet of the trainer, the trainer would throw it back out into the waves and the elephant would trumphet and dash back out into the water.
It was really funny to see the elephant go swimming. They would take a coconut and throw it into the ocean and the elephant would run and retrieve it like a dog. He would completely submerge sometimes and get rolled over by some of the waves. When the elephant would retrieve the coconut and lay it down at the feet of the trainer, the trainer would throw it back out into the waves and the elephant would trumphet and dash back out into the water.