Elephant Crossing

Elephant Crossing
This is a male elephant crossing the road in UdaWalawe National Park.

A baby elephant nursing!

This was a very playful individual who came within inches of our vehicle and displayed its flexible trunk. Notice the collar around its neck, which reveals it was rehabilitated and re-released into the wild. Although such playful behavior can be amusing, it is not healthy for the elephants to interact with humans in this manner.

A gorgeous leopard snoozing in the crook of a tree. Yala National Park

Crocodile and water buffalo enjoying a watering hole at Yala National Park

How I Avoid the Leeches

How I Avoid the Leeches
How I Avoid the Leeches: From left: Kumara, the guide, Tharanga, Lizzie, Ashani, Ilja

Friday, July 1, 2011

I pulled a fast one on y'all!

I have to admit that I'm a bit disappointed in all of you for not catching the joke I made about the house! I posted a picture of a simple wooden hut and claimed it was our house and you all bought it, haha! Well to put things straight, I do not sleep on the dirt floor of a tiny lean-to. There is now a picture up of the bunk-bed I share with Lizzie and I will post a better picture of our real house in the next couple of days. We have running water and electricity (for the most part). We also have a kitchen equipped with a gas stove, so we are pretty civilized. The floors of the house are tiled and we have a sturdy roof over our heads.

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