Founder's Day Fun!

By John Roberts 6 June 2008 09:07:00

In order to celebrate special occasions, because the stars feel right or because we just feel like it we often invite children from the local villages into camp to meet the elephants, get a short lecture on things pachydermic (well, the non-horned pachyderms anyway) with a good feed donated by the good Food and Beverage and Human Resources folks up at Anantara thrown into the bargain.

    This June the 4th, to celebrate the birthday of our Founder, we invited our new friends from the local Akha village of Doi Sa Ngo and were treated to a show of Akha traditional dress and a dance to boot - hope they enjoyed it as much as we did.



    First the education, a newly returned Oil finally gives her elephant lecture - I've been trying to get her to do this for years, though the kids at the bottom seem to have noticed Meena arriving...



...Bua Tong isn't phased by the dress and eats anyway like the sensible ele she is...



...the small folks get to ride, Boo See doesn't seem to worried by K. Ke having gone on leave, but as ever, where there's food there's often calm...



...Jenny and Boun Na are pretty relaxed too...



...and there's always time for a photoshoot, Nong Dah, as always slightly shyer than Meena who is happy to climb the fence to get into shot...



...Seang gets to pose too...



...Bua Tong and Pleum give rides the proper way...



...the kids then danced for Meena, which seems only fair...



...before a monstrous meal...



...in a monstrous downpour!

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