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Asiatic captive elephants, elephantorama, Elephants, Kegalle, Maha Oya, orphanage, Pachyderms, Pinnawala, Sri Lanka, Travel
I visited Pinnawala during a trip to Sri Lanka last year. At this elephant orphanage near Kegalle, there live all kinds of pachyderms:
Shy ones…
Those who jump and skip in the rain…
Black and gold ones.
Itchy-eyed adolescents…
Those whose idol is Ganesha at the end of the festivities
^^ Snorkels
…Salute-rs
Jumbos and mumbos…
Submerged ones.
Lovey-doveys
Gold ones
…and of course there are the mahouts too…
and also bag-o-bones…
and tired-looking mammas…
Scratchy-bums…
Hungry babies…
There’s also this mottled-y crew…
and happy ones…
…with skins larger than they have frames for.
…and that is why, perhaps, they take frequent mud-baths.
There are reds, there are golds… all depends on the spa treatment they choose.
I even found one tired old grandmama…
…and an ancient blind grandpa with bad knees.
And this scenic elephantorama pretty much has them all 
great elephant series -and lots of them! I loved the elephants in Africa.
All the pics brought smile to my face – and some a laugh too
The labeling is very humorous. And an awesome collection of pics.
I love elephants – i think they are the most wise creatures, most probably even more than humans
(as if humans are wise 
)