05/09/11

So today was awesome! It was my first day working with the monkeys! I was on 'animal care' which is basically cleaning them out and feeding them. There are 7 Vervets, 2 Sykes, 1 baboon, 1 bush baby and 3 vervets in quarenteen so it's a pretty big job but it was amazing!!!! They don't throw poo at you like everyone would lead you to believe but they are very messy! Apparently I'm the first volunteer to ever comment on the odour...not sure I believe that! The job is made a lot more fun by all the wild monkeys that try to help (and steal the hose pipe and the food!)

Not only this but I got my luggage back!!!! And that means piccys!!! It took aaaaaages on the phone and so many people just hung up on me- eventually I asked one of the Kenyans to call for me and they had the whole conversation in Swahili and low and behold they had my luggage!

To celebrate a few of us went to a local bar and had a few well deserved bevvies!

So heres a catch up of what you've not seen so far...

Mount Kilimanjaro

Diani Highway

The amazing spa!

And the equally amazing food at the spa!

The Vervet monkey that tried to steal luch. We had to spray him with suntan lotion to make him leave.

The garden of The Colobus Trust

And a garden critter.

The Colobus Cottage where I am living

This is where all the orphaned/injured/rejected monkeys come until they can be re-released.

No caption necessary.

Jay-Jay.

Good stuff!