Taking the elephants to the creek to bathe them. They are trained to poop there, so the poop can be scooped up, processed and turned into the paper on which they will later do their paintings!

Catching elephant poop to later process the fibers into paper. Very green!!

After playing several games like soccer and basketball, and showing their skills in carrying logs, the special elephants with artistic talent came out and painted for us. Their handlers handed them the brushes preloaded with paint, but the elephants did all the painting. These are amazing! Above is Step 1 for this very young elephant.

See larger view of the stages of this painting, click here

For larger view of the final painting, click here

Lunch at a place where they grew fabulous orchids