Baby Elephant Walk

Tuesday, May 15th was a pool day. We woke up, had a little breakfast, and were on our way to the pool by noon. Okay...so it was a late morning. :-) Anyways, we spent the afternoon lazing around at the pool. Its a salt water pool, so when you go swimming you are a little more buoyant which makes floating around just that much more relaxing.

While at the pool, we had 2 really nice additions to the day. First, we found the pool side bar. What could be better than swimming up to a the poolside and enjoying a pina colada while relaxing in the water? Nothing of course. Second amazing item of the day, Ya Ya the 18 month old baby elephant. That's right, everyday they bring her out and about to play with the kids and adults alike. She was the cutest thing ever. She would walk up to us, wrap her trunk around our necks and give us elephant kisses on our face. It was amazing. Then, she got really excited about shower time. The second the handler mentioned it, she turned and as if on a mission headed for the pool shower. Once there, she turned on the water by herself, which at first didn't work, but then when the water came, she was in her own little paradise. When it was time to leave, she waved goodbye with her little trunk and proudly headed home. It was the best part of our entire day.

We went to the pub for dinner that night, enjoyed some half priced pastries from the hotel market, and made our nightly journey to Downton Abbey.

The girls.

Thelma gettin' an elephant kiss.

Harriet has a new pet.

Megan gettin' a kiss.

Everyone gets a kiss from Ya Ya.

Just too cute.

Thelma walking with Ya Ya
to the shower. Trunk in hand.

Shower time!!

All done! Water off!