After learning all about the gibbons in Thailand and how the mothers are shot in order to get the babies, we decided holding a monkey (or an ape-like a gibbon) was out of the question (sorry Kaid). But, we had heard about places in Bali where people like us can feed bananas to monkeys. One such place is Monkey Forest in Ubud. One day it was sweltering hot and we decided to check it out in order to escape the heat. It was an interesting experience. There were macaques EVERYWHERE. And, they weren't shy. Monkeys jumped on us (guess how much Kaidyn liked that) repeatedly, and tried to see what we had in our bags.
Amanda made the mistake of switching it up and feeding one a lychee she bought from the market (instead of a banana that they sold there). This resulted in the five of us making a mad dash for the nearest exit. Who knew that macaques liked lychee so much (and were able to communicate with their pals who to chase to try and get one).
One monkey was playing with a lighter and Amanda decided that it wasn't safe for him to have a lighter. She was able to convince the monkey to trade her the lighter for a banana. As the monkey had been chewing on it she should have thrown it in the trash. But, she kept it. When we returned to Macau she found it in a pocket. A health conscious individual would have thrown it away, but she didn't.
This turned out to be a good thing because the next day we took it down to "Fireworks Alley" thinking we could use it to light the awesome fireworks we purchased to celebrate Chinese New Year (stay tuned for this interesting story in another blog)!!
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