29. Get my African elephant image framed

My brother has traveled all around the globe on various medical missions trips and always brings back fabulous gifts from the places he visits. A few years ago he brought me a painting of an elephant family and I have been putting off getting it framed, so I included this on my list so that I'd actually get it done so I could hang it up and enjoy it.

But..I realized when I went to go look for a frame that my "African" elephant image was actually from Thailand. A note that came with it said it was hand-painted with coffee in Thailand and that the image is called "Morning Caravan."

Now, Thailand IS indeed where my brother bought the painting...I just mixed it up. But then I began to wonder...Are there elephants in Thailand or is my painting really of African elephants?

So my trusty old pal Google helped me find out the following interesting facts:

1. Yes, Mary Beth, there are elephants in Thailand.
2. The elephant is actually the symbol of Thailand
3. There are two main types of elephants - African and Indian. Based on geography, obviously elephants in Thailand are Indian elephants.
(Source: http://www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/elephants_thai.html)

I also found this great website from a man in Thailand who posts pretty amazing pictures of elephants - one for almost every day -- http://www.changthai.com/

A few of their great shots that will make you want to check out the website:







So anyway, I learned a bit about elephants in Thailand after I got my painting framed. So here is the finished result, and it now hangs above my bed (and yep, I didn't feel like making up my bed for the picture, so you just get an image of the framed painting):