The day before yesterday we went to Yala National Park to see the beautiful wildlife therein. There were many, many elephants out and about...
Including adorable baby elephants!
This youngster was so cute, and then...
...his/her little sibling showed up!
And we saw...
...leopard tracks by the road!
And then we saw the leopard...
What? You can't see him? Look harder!
Okay, well, through the binoculars he looked great! A big beautiful male, lounging around in the shade.
It was a hot, dusty, happy day.
Now we are in Ella.
I found a new friend in our bathroom...
The teeniest- tiniest gecko I've ever seen!
Doing an excellent job on bug patrol! As were the bats flying through the open-air restaurant last night.
More soon!
Awwww, that baby elephant is SO cute...
ReplyDeleteIt was adorable!!!!
Deletethat tiny gecko is adorable :)
ReplyDeleteHave more fun you guys!
THank you so much!
DeleteI am soooooooooo jealous of you. I want to go there now! Enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThe food is awesome too!
DeleteThanks for the close-up of the leopard - I NEVER saw it. And the baby elephant is so adorable.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe our GUIDE saw it!! He is very experienced. Amazing that he found it.
DeleteUtterly,bl**dy fabulous!
ReplyDeleteJane x
I could not agree more!
DeleteWow! You and Gordon are having so much fun! Thank you for the wildlife photos.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to leave! But I do miss my animals. :)
DeleteWow!!! What awesome travel!
ReplyDeleteLots of fun!
DeleteFascinating. But I'm not sure I could dine in a restaurant with hot-and-cold running bats!
ReplyDeletePar for the course around here! It does help control those malarial mosquitoes! :)
DeleteThis must be an awesome experience. You get over the gecko thing once you've seen a couple of them.
ReplyDeleteYes but they're so cute! :)
DeleteBaby elephants. I'd be in heaven. Your photos are wonderful, Natalie. Keep 'em coming. Hugs
ReplyDeleteI ADORE the elephants. And lovely to see them in the wild, living free.
DeleteGreat photos! Leopard tracks and baby elephants … it doesn't get much better than that.
ReplyDeleteAlso, are you sure you're 50?
I made a pact with the devil! ;)))
DeleteWonderful country, and thank goodness they've now stopped fighting each other (if they have). How marvelous to have elephants living wild like that.
ReplyDeleteYes, it does seem that the fighting has stopped. I notice quite a difference from our last visit in terms of police/army presence. Tourism is up too.
DeleteI still couldn't find the leopard in the original picture.
ReplyDeleteDOn't feel bad. He's a teeny tiny speck somewhere in the middle. THank goodness for binoculars!
DeleteGreat pictures Knatolee! How long will you be traveling? I don't want your pictures to end...
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