Elephants on Parade I

I could stand the sight of worms, and look at microscopic germs, but technicolor pachyderms is really too much for me.

The Cause
To raise awareness for the increasingly endangered Asian Elephants

The task
Find all 258 Elephants on Parade.

To be honest, the idea was a good one, but i was daunted by the sheer number of Elephants. But what put me off even more was Elephant number 219. The elusive Cloudia. She migrates. So i knew even if i found the other 257, i wouldn't find her elusive self, and would get myself down. So mine and Olivia's momentary obsession ended and we headed toward the cinema to watch Robin Hood.

You'll never believe this, right. Guess who, of ALL people, we stumbled across on our way to the cinema. Cloudia herself!!!



Of all the places in London an elephant could go to, she went to where we were. Obviously she was pleased to see us:





It was then evident that Cloudia found us for a reason. She wanted us to find her brothers and sisters. So in between watching 'Robin Hood' and 'The Back-Up Plan' (Don't ask), that's exactly what we did.


E56. Love Ellie
She's lovely. Get it?


E97. Saffron

I thought the idea of the project was to raise awareness for the cruelty against asian elephants. To our dismay, Saffron was a) Being eaten by mice, b) Cordoned off. So we set her free (and took a photo)


E172. Luna
She was plugged into something. But she was still beautiful.


E244. Jewel-ele
She was in Westfields 'The Village'. Figures really.



Only Glamorous West Londoners are allowed into the Village. So here is Lady Gaga and I, posing with Jewel-ele.


We had fun. That's 5 Asian elephants down. 253 to go. Until next time.