Yes!!! That’s him on the elephant!! We were at the King’s Palace in Mysore. They were preparing for the 15 day festival of Desera. This is a very big thing here in India. At Mysore, the last day of the festival, there is an “Elephant Rally”. At Mysore, the king used to ride the lead elephant. Now they have a statue of the king riding a HUGE bull elephant with long tusks. They have beautiful metal dressing on the elephant. The other elephants, including the one Poppy/Uncle Harold rode, follow along in a long procession like a parade. It’s called a rally.
While in Mysore, we went to another palace, Tipu Sultan’s summer palace. Many people come there to see the grounds where Indian history was made. There were tour buses near the entrance. One bus had been left open (door and windows). We saw lots of monkeys around the outside. Then we saw one monkey go inside!! It came out with an apple!! Then it went back inside but didn’t come out. Someone noticed people looking so they went and banged on the bus. SIX MONKEYS CAME OUT!!!! They were in there going through people’s bags looking for food!
Here’s a picture of two of them. One with an apple and one with a bag of chips:
More next time on elephants, thatch huts, and grand palaces!!
