Our family of six - dad, mom (pregnant with #5) and four kids ages 7, 6, 4 and 3 - visit a Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
A few of us our brave enough to climb atop one of the giant, beautiful resident (and sacred) elephants.
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Looks fun. Did you actually get to ride the elephant around the town? Holy cow those things are HUGE.
No, we missed the chance to ride it around the temple, because the temple was closed (closing). They barely let me, Parker, Kyah and Aaliyah in (Greg & Kimball were already in there). The rest of us had to sneak in a little door, thanks to the help of our friend Vickram
What a fantastic adventure. Almost could not see Kaia’s face for the smile!!!!
I like the painted elephant. I’ve never seen the elephants painted in t-land.
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