The long winding road through the Knuckles mountain range was rough after a night drinking Arrac with the SLWCS team.
Its been a while since I’ve been in a room with so many rowdy singing fools.
The party was a great way to finish our final day in a national park where we were lucky to run into another large herd during sunset.
We parked the truck and let them linger around us for a while, and then watched them disappear into the tall grass.
Bringing up the rear was a massive dark skinned bull who stood with eyes locked on us while the rest of his herd faded away.
We’ve arrived at the Millennium Elephant Orphanage, where there are about a dozen retired captive elephants on the grounds.
Visitors can come and watch the ele’s work with mahouts, touch the elephants, and even ride them. Here we’ll be filming the elephant-mahout relationships, a factory where they make repurposed elephant poop paper, and an American charity that teaches elephants how to paint.
The paintings are then sold internationally to raise awareness and money to support elephant conservation and well-being. It was surreal watching the mahouts and the artist mentor work together to guide the massive animal to manipulate a tiny brush. After the sessions, the elephants walked with paint smears across the faces back to the river to wash off.
Tags: documentary, production, sri lanka
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Its been a while since I’ve been in a room with so many rowdy singing fools…..