We liked the visit to the monkey forest in Bali so much we visited twice .. I was mugged on the second trip by a large female monkey who wanted my water bottle from the rucksack I was carrying..Man they are strong ... Also the first visit a female monkey thought I was after her 3/4 grown daughter ... much to everyones amusement As this big white guy was reduced to hopping around as a monkey not even knee hight went for my ankles on 3 0r 4 attemps .... But I liked the pictures at the end ....:O)
We did a "hop" from Sydney where I was working for a few days to Ayres rock or Uluru as the Orignals call it ..McD had come over towards the end of my work days to start the holiday early. She even got an invite to a vendor Dinner one evening ...but thats another story... It was mid 30s in the daytime at Uluru.. the next morning we ran out of the hotel room to catch a tour bus at 5:30 in the morning ...Me in shorts and a thin t-shirt ... temperature -1C..frost on cars...And us about to stand in front of the big lump of sandstone and take pictures .... Wind had picked up ...temp now way below zero with the wind chill factor ... good job i'm as paddded as a walrus .....
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We holiday'd in Bali after Australia .. They have the most Awesome bird park in place ...So well run ..Your feet are sprayed before entering to protect the birds and you wander around the most well looked after grounds.. Immediately next door is the reptile park ... just amazing. We spent an age in both...... This chap had spent a large amount of time with his (her?) back to me ...He definately did not want a picture taken. But the finally succumbed and sat down on his elbows (knees?) and relented .... So is this the cassowarie ??
This chap had me in a crouch run all over the hotel complex we were staying at in the middle of Australia, Ayres Rock. Now called Uluru to recognise the name given to it by the Australian Originals (Aboriginals) ... The mid 30C heat and this Englshmans antics made true the noel coward song of Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the Mid Day Sun ....But hey - I had Slip Slop Slapped on the suntan and had an Ozzy bushmans hat with the brim the size of texas on my head ..I was prepared for everything but a wasp that wouldn't stay still and me having cart my big frame in a crouching position around the hotel complex .....
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