I was something like 3-4 years old when my parents asked me the famous
question one asks a kid of this age: what is your favourite animal.
Imagine their suprised look when I answered (very proudly for an Eastern
european kid): an elephant:-))) Nothing common or expected as: cat, dog
or may be a donkey... Since then elephants are big love of mine. I have
few of them as wooden carving, soft teddybears, etc. around me at home
and even at my office. So when I arrived in Chiang Mai in december last
year and I started seeing elephants everywhere this made me smile:-)
There were elephant statues in most of the streets, sometimes just as
simple stone decoration. There were flower pots in elephant shapes,
there were wooden elephants and ceramic ones making temple gardens even
more charming...Elephants are the inspiration of young Thai artist like
Supachet Bhumikarn in the center of ChiangMai, his cute boutique (called
) even has foor handles in elephant shape. By the way did you know that
"chaang" is the Thai word for elephant?
