I've started worrying a bit about the trip and dreaming alot about monkeys. It's all because a Scandinavian guy at my work (we can call him Fred but that's not his real name) told me that he had fought a monkey in Thailand earlier this year. I can't believe this. What hope is there for world peace if a guy from the home of the Nobel Peace prize has a tussle with a monkey at the most sacred of places - a Buddhist temple....And it was all over a plastic water bottle. Not that a punch was thrown, more just a tug of war over the water bottle. He warned me to watch out in Cambodia as there's lots of monkeys in temples there. So I've started searching the internet for more information about monkeys and ways of defending myself.
I've also started adding RSS feeds to my account and some with a monkey theme. I'm calling them monkey feeds. There's one called '40 Random Facts About Monkeys' and another called "Video - Predatory Monkeys". I also found a feed within a Martial Arts blog called 'Are you smart enought to fight a monkey.' So, I've discovered that everything is out there in cyberspace and hopefully I'll arrive in Cambodia with a mountain of ideas in dealing with monkeys.
I've also added a couple of feeds on Cambodia, one being 'The official site for Tourism of Cambodia' and the other from the Guardian newspaper in England. With the latter I guess I'll receive a feed everytime an article is written on Cambodia. This could be very useful. And I've also subscribed to Pitchfork: Album Reviews, an online music site.
Wow, lucky you and "Fred" had that chat. Always be prepared is a motto to live by.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a few episodes of Monkey could help as well. He and Pigsy had some good moves...
ReplyDeleteThanks Katie. Loved Monkey and it would be useful. There's a few dvds in our collection.
ReplyDeleteAnother monkey tail - At the Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary in Borneo we were warned "Do Not touch the orang-utans" so when coming across a Man of the Forest and a young girl locked in an hug, our guide was furious and repeated "Do not touch the orang-utans" to which the terrified tourist replied "But He touched me!!"
ReplyDeleteI love orangatuns and even though you shouldnt touch I think if I came up close to one especially a baby it would be hard not to touch it but I have heard it is quite dangerousto do so. Anne
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to hear about your monkey advetures in the Cambodian jungle. Have you had your rabies shot yet:)
ReplyDeleteLibrary Ninja likes monkeys...and cats. A monkey that adopts kittens is even better :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/glanceview/127563/macaque-monkey-adopts-kitten.glance
P'raps it would be better to concentrate on the nicer side of monkeys for your monkey feeds. Try photobucket's cute monkeys - http//feed.photobucket.com/images/cute+monkey/feed.rss.
ReplyDeleteOr better still, just stop dreaming of monkeys and dream about guinea pigs instead. Much cuter and less likely to fight you for a water bottle.