Bathing Elephants

Any time I see an elephant, I absolutely flip out. There's something so enchanting about seeing

such a massive creature walking around as part of every day life here. Its one thing to see one in the zoo where you expect it, but to see it being used to carry lumber is just amazing to me. Well, today topped it all. We went to a waterfall. Guess who was getting bathed in the water? Not just one, but three of those guys! Amazing. I took a billion pictures and got close enough to one that I could have touched him. The men who own them take them to the river to bathe them. Its so interesting how obedient the elephants are. They have no clue that they simply could sit on anyone in their way; instead, they comply to their owner's demands. (Lesson in submission?) Posted some pics and a video of the sighting today.