Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation: Category Archive for Golden Triangle Elephants

Why're you wasting your time? I could've told you that (on the intelligence of scientists)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:43:00 GMT | Add Comment

What language do the ghosts speak? (sneaking science in under the skirt of a celluloid snapper)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:49:00 GMT | Add Comment

Now give me back my dog... (or, to put it another way, what does your consultant do?)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:11:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The ordination of a guru (a chance for Bo & Makam to gain merit)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:05:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Forget the spin doctors, we've got ourselves a spin vet.

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:20:00 GMT | Add Comment

The emperor may look chilly but is he actually naked until scientifically proven otherwise?

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 29 May 2010 13:25:00 GMT | Add Comment

On the responsibilities of being a proud father (say hello to Nong 'Phil)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 25 May 2010 08:01:00 GMT | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

...on why the Veuve Clicquot bill went through the roof (under the thrall of the South American strangler).

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:11:00 GMT | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

What do you mean you can't see it? It's an elephant son....

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:15:00 GMT | Add Comment

...because 40 years just fly by. (June and Garry's vow renewal in camp)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:30:00 GMT | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Electric Eleland (are you experienced?)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:38:00 GMT | Add Comment

Products of the Mega-beast (if you're Going to San Francisco, be sure to go along and listen)

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:15:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Little reminders of advancing age are almost welcome (well, some of 'em).

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:05:00 GMT | View Comments (9) | Add Comment

True or False: Elephants cry when they feel pain (big hankies at weddings and slushy movies?)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:07:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

When it rains the river rises (well, duh!)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 19 May 2009 07:31:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Handkerchiefs out (traditional Lanna elephant back weddings)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 12 May 2009 07:51:00 GMT | Add Comment

World beating, inefficient, renewable energy munching machines (eles doing their bit)

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:21:00 GMT | Add Comment

something I wrote when I was in Thailand ....... and I finally typed it up!! (by Olivia N Massi)

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:06:03 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Shocking pink and zippy straps (the girls go up in the world)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:11:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Of ruined temples and long dead Kings (Paying our respects to Prince Saen-Phu)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:48:00 GMT | Add Comment

Fly me to the Mool (Kam Mool's semi-retirement)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:47:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The smallest ele takes to the head of the valley....

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:43:00 GMT | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The ultimate show and tell (take your ele to school).

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:30:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Do you know where your elephant came from? (on smuggling, suspicion and scientific definition)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:32:00 GMT | Add Comment

Stealing Grass to Save the Eles...

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:52:00 GMT | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Posh V.O.S.H: Seeing-eye elephants not required (this time)

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:55:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Breakfast in the sky (no diamonds?)

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:50:00 GMT | Add Comment

On top of the world - mahouts and champagne.

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:41:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Pied Piper of Chiang Khong (Phu Ki leads the parade)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:25:00 GMT | Add Comment

Remembering old skills for the babies and the environment (once a logger, always a logger)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:36:00 GMT | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all.

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:26:00 GMT | Add Comment

Birthdays, bun-fights & beneficiaries.

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:14:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

How do you get drugs into an ele? (aichmophobics look away now)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:57:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Do they really all start out that small? (a long awaited arrival)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:46:00 GMT | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Ruby Wax to Rudy Maxa (more multimedia - set your VCR)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:55:00 GMT | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Silk Secrets (or the superfluousness of Royal undergarments)

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:29:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

"East meets West (Song for Ewong)" premiers 8th of July!

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:24:00 GMT | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Been there, done that, got the mahout shirt?

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:28:00 GMT | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Spying from space, groping on the ground....

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:35:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

...nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:03:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photographing the photographer

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:37:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Founder's Day Fun!

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:54:00 GMT | Add Comment

Day of Destiny (letting the kids tread the boards for the Foundation)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 31 May 2008 07:23:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

It's no fun being in musth, so why bother?

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 15 May 2008 07:58:00 GMT | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Sometimes it takes a VIP visit (learning more about the Galieng eles)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 06 May 2008 07:32:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The wet season's upon us, time for some new foot wear (not quite wellies!)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:21:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Cherry picking the best of the vets!

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:09:00 GMT | Add Comment

Family Days at the Beach (Songkran again!)

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:40:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Who cares what the excuse is? (I love a good parade, me)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:35:00 GMT | Add Comment

The last wild fling is over (in the afterglow of polo)

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:53:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Wettest Rodeo (bathing the baby eles)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:19:00 GMT | Add Comment

We need to be sure what we're breeding for...

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:54:00 GMT | Add Comment

Elephant Camp Generations! (kids and eles, a winning photographic combination on National Elephant Day)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:34:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Some men you just can't reach (our first full reversal)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:17:00 GMT | Add Comment

Long distance ele-communication is getting ridiculous...

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:06:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

One needs to read all the Malaysian celestial bodies for the full picture!

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:23:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Are there any Crazy Journeys left? (jealousy from a static elephant boy)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:50:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The social responsibility of a be-trunked Rotarian (or the dangers of not paying attention in whisky meetings)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:36:00 GMT | Add Comment

....and a Happy New Mia! (New Year's Photo Shoot Chaos as usual)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:06:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Excuse me sir, may I marry your daughter? (words of advice for grooms to be...)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:50:00 GMT | Add Comment

Tusk envy - what would Freud say? (...or, are you sure we don't need a licence for that thing?)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:56:00 GMT | Add Comment

Can a street life be better than an uncaring camp? (a long story with a happy ending)

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:40:00 GMT | Add Comment

Sly milk bandits in the grassland?

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:43:00 GMT | Add Comment

Contrary to popular belief, the cats' absence does not lead to playtime for mice

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:43:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Knocking politicians off the front pages (but even the new star cannot be caught napping)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:19:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Ridin' the fences, re-takin' the swamp...

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:23:00 GMT | Add Comment

Define tool use: Lynchee 1; Behavioural Scientists 0

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:47:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Hmmmm.... so that's how they do it on Discovery Channel

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:10:00 GMT | Add Comment

Too tired to wake: The elephants of the night (Yui two'ey gets a second chance)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:55:00 GMT | Add Comment

How to buy those elephant shoes (and we don't mean golf shoes to help them grip on the wet season soil)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:28:00 GMT | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Birthdays, Naming Ceremonies, Anniversaries and apologies!

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:36:00 GMT | Add Comment

...or how do you get an elephant out of your car? (It's tough suddenly being the next smallest ele)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:22:00 GMT | Add Comment

Makam's a Mum! (time to tire a Thai stork!)

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:53:00 GMT | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

The space age comes to the ele camp (checkin' the chickens by remote control!)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:38:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The little eles (and a little too much of me)

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:07:00 GMT | Add Comment

Feels like home (eles in a time of flood)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:27:00 GMT | Add Comment

07.07.07 - a big day on an auspicious date

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:53:00 GMT | Add Comment

Live prime-time breakfast TV for the smallest elephant (& the smallest mahout)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT | Add Comment

If you're going to San Francisco be sure and watch TV (another VCR date)

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:12:00 GMT | Add Comment

While I've been quiet everyone's been growing up...

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:55:00 GMT | Add Comment

Elephants are expensive (Doh)

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:04:00 GMT | Add Comment

Elephants' untimely illnesses have the mahouts spitting whisky

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:45:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

PS from Four Seasons - Pachyderms, Pinot and Pumps

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:40:00 GMT | Add Comment

Wanee ti Muang Thai (a date for your VCR)

Posted by John Roberts at Tue, 29 May 2007 18:50:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Puang Phet leads the way (trailblazing time of year)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 27 May 2007 07:45:00 GMT | Add Comment

Had my boat not sunk I would never have noticed the rocket fire...

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 18 May 2007 10:32:00 GMT | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

125 Elephant Photos from the 3 Day Mahout and our Rescue Camp

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 17 May 2007 08:08:00 GMT | Add Comment

Sorry, I don't let her get drunk anymore (our latest rescue)

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 12 May 2007 07:43:00 GMT | Add Comment

Attack of the swamp thing...

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 05 May 2007 07:47:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Our babies bathing video on the web...

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 03 May 2007 07:00:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Received wisdom has it that elephants are strong swimmers

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:44:00 GMT | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Mahout Breeding Programme going well

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:59:00 GMT | Add Comment

Shoes for elephants (and they come in your size too)

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:14:00 GMT | Add Comment

The Songkran Parade - the Anantara legions march on Chiang Saen

Posted by John Roberts at Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:09:00 GMT | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Happy Songkran Everyone - when the normal rules no longer apply

Posted by John Roberts at Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:49:00 GMT | Add Comment

The Khilek tree to the rescue (a herbal cure to an old problem)

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:06:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Multimedia mahouts!

Posted by John Roberts at Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:59:00 GMT | Add Comment

Gratuitous photos & elephant camp graffito...

Posted by John Roberts at Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:01:00 GMT | Add Comment

Cristiano Ronaldo had better watch out...

Posted by John Roberts at Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:35:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Young kids, young elephants...

Posted by John Roberts at Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:11:00 GMT | View Comments (1) | Add Comment
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