Monday, October 24, 2011

Animals in Siem Reap

Thought my nieces and nephews might enjoy these photos!  These are for you, Meredyth, Maggi, Emma Clare, Naomi, Caden, Alyssa, Sam, Adelaide, Isaac, and little Mira Mae. 
Aren't these monkeys cute?  We stopped by the side of the road to see them one morning on the way to a temple site.  We bought these little pieces of corn on the cob to feed them... they loved it and wanted more and more!  One jumped up on Gwen to get a piece out of her hand, which scared her a little, but it didn't hurt her.  Caleb thought the monkeys were so cute!  He took several little videos of them... maybe he can show them to you at Christmas time. 
 
Gwen and Madelyn and I got to ride an elephant while we were in Cambodia!  Madelyn and I took our sandals off and rubbed the elephant's rough back with our feet to see what his skin felt like.  While we were on the ride, which went around a small temple, the elephant went off to the edge of the trees several times to get a snack!  He stuck his trunk into all the leaves and pulled on a viney branch.  He kept pulling until he got a long piece off, which he stuffed into his mouth. 
After we came back from the ride around the temple, we were able to feed the elephant some bananas.  Madelyn and Gwen were surprised to find out that the elephant didn't care if the banana was peeled.  He would take it right out of their hand and eat it peel and all! 
Hope you liked the pictures, guys!  I love you, Aunt Lynne

5 comments:

park it said...

this looks soo cool !!!

Mary and Justin said...

I love the animals! Love Mira Mae :)

Anonymous said...

Thank you Aunt LYnne! We love you too!
~Meredyth, MAggi, EC and NAomi

Sarah Jane said...

alyssa would like to know if the elephant ride was wobbly! And Caden really wants to feed the little monkeys too!

sarah said...

I can't wait to show to Adelaide! :) Thanks for this post :)