Elephants! Elephants! Elephants!

April 27, 2011 • Spiritual Adventures

Elephants! Elephants! Elephants!
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

83 year old Anne on an elephant. She has been an amazing spiritual adventurer on this trip and has kept up with the group in all the inner and outer adventures.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Our team is ready to ride off into the forest on elephants.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Katherine and Mandy.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Anne feeds one of the elephants a squash. It requires briefly putting your hand in the elephants’s mouth.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Now it’s Peter’s turn.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Posing with our elephants.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Anne and her son, Peter.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Mandy enjoys a moment with her new friend.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

The mahouts or elephant caretakers pose with their elephants.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Upclose on an elephant’s eye.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

An elephant’s trunk.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

After the long ride our elephant is hot and sweaty and has requested a bath.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

After scrubbing her down she returns the favour. Mandy is first to get sprayed down.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Peter holding on to her tusk.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Katherine.
Vedic Odyssey takes a group on a meditation retreat to Kerala, South India

Dandapani enjoys a quiet moment with the elephant.

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