Sandakan, Malaysia
The river area we are in is beautiful. We wake up with the sound of wild gibbons calling in the forest across the river from us. Our guide, Eric, has put us in touch with Osman the elephant whisperer. Apparently the elephants recognize him and let him get closer than any other person due to the fact that ten years ago he rescued a very young elephant that had been swept downstream from the herd and was on the point of drowning much to the mother elephants distres...