“Hey, Amy! Miss Betts! Come here!” At the sound of their names and a familiar voice, Amy and her daughter, Betts, slowly step forward. These two aren’t contestants on a game show. And although they are beautiful, they’re not in the running to be a top model, either.
During our travels we got to ride, bath, feed and photograph lots of elephants. The one place where we saw hundred’s of elephants all at one time, all in a showground built for them was in Thailand.
“Let’s go visit the tigers.” I said, right after watching a show on television about a Buddhist Monk who adopted tiger babies and raised them. The felines spent their days playing around in a grotto open to visitors.
Water For Elephants provides an interesting behind the scenes look at a traveling circus during the depression. But even more than that, it shows how life can take unexpected turns that change us forever.
