Elephants!

Yesterday we went to visit a buddhist temple in Chiang Mai and found this elephant with its trainer. It was amazing to get close to it and pet it. Asian elephants are native to Thailand. They are smaller and much gentler than the African elephant. They get really attached to one person so typically the trainer will work with the same elephant for 40 to 50 years. They are very helpful in the logging industry here...but they don't hurt the tourism industry!