Todd, Jeanne and Ally all wanted to go on the elephant back safari, so we booked one at a different place and it was great! Well, I should say that Jeanne wasn't looking forward to it very much, but she did it! There were about 5 other people that went with us.
Tyler and I on Jumbo. He was a big boy and gave us some frights, because he liked to wiggle!! So he would be walking along and then we'd have to stop for the people in front of us, and he would just start going off on his own little path (next to ravines and rivers), the guide would then tell him to get back on the right path and he would just shake his head and wiggle. I don't know about Tyler, but I was holding on REALLY tightly.
Ally and Jeanne on Emily. She was a new mom, and her baby Na Lady would walk behind Emily and in front of Jumbo in the line of elephants. She was a cute little baby.
Todd and Spencer on Jake (at least that's what I remember his name being). They were ahead of Emily in the line. He was a big elephant too. Todd said that Spencer talked a lot of the time while on the safari.
After we got done with riding the elephants, they showed their tricks to us, which was really cute to see the baby Na Lady pick up her leg like the rest of the elephants, and then we were able to feed them all.
I love this picture of Todd and the elephants because I think Todd had this smile on his face the entire trip. He was loving life!
So then after we feed the elephants and washed our hands, they told us that a cheetah named Sylvester was going to come and meet us with his trainers. Sylvester is only 8 months old and is not wild nor tame, but does live around humans. To me, I thought at first glance that this cheetah was an adult, nope, just 8 months old....which means Cheetahs are big!
The thing that scared me most about Sylvester was that when we were walking over to see him for the first time, he was watching everyone walk over, and then when Spencer walked over, Sylvester locked his eyes straight on him and did not waver. You could tell that he thought Spencer would either 1-be fun to play with or 2-be fun to hunt.
The guide who was with the cheetah told us they didn't know kids would be here, and when we came to pet Sylvester that an adult would have to hold Spencer. Let's just say I always made sure something or someone was between Spencer and Sylvester.
We then had the chance to pet him!
This picture was taken after Sylvester had already turned around and bared his teeth at Spencer. umm...yeah a tad scary.
Do I look a little uneasy?? I was.
And yes Sylvester is licking one of the trainers arms because of the salt that is on it from sweating.
Sylvester played while we listened to facts about cheetahs. Um, they are strong.
Pretty kitty.
2 comments:
I don't think he was licking the salt. I think he was tasting him :) You ARE brave!
That IS pretty scary! Very interesting instincts to want to play/hunt something more his size.
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