Kodanad elephant wash

Kodanad elephant camp

---

November 20th 2010
Kodanad is an elephant rescue centre about an hour from Cochin. If you turn up before 8am you can watch the mahouts scrub their elephants with coconut husks in the Periyar river. The animals are surprisingly dainty, placing their feet carefully as they negotiated the slippery river bank. They are also tremendously charismatic - no wonder so many stories are told about elephants! The largest ... read more

Asia » India » Kerala » Kochi

---

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more