Our new apartment looks out over a reserve and botanical gardens with heaps of nice greenery and flowers and I love having breaky on the balcony with my pot of tea to start the day. However some afternoons and only some a herd of monkeys - not sure if that is technically correct but they come in a flock of bad arses venture down cross the tennis courts and head to the balconies of the apartments in search of food. Yesterday I was having an afternoon nap (I am retired you know and had been up to almost 3 am the previous night) and left the windows and sliding glass doors open to catch a nice breeze.
About 3pm I am woken by what sounds like the kids clambering up on to the table to the fruit bowl, having a party by tipping their toy box out on the floor so I shout to "Cut it out". Only problem it was NOT the kids. There were savage monkeys in our living room. On the dining table, microwave, playing with the kids toys and when I shouted to get out they hissed me. Petrified is a word that springs to mind.
They did move on taking loaves of bread, oranges and apples. Thankfully they left the lego behind and I must say they weren't too keen on the bag they ripped open containing some dirty kids school clothes.
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- The Mitchell's
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- We are Trev, Jo, Tom and Claire. Trev is an ROV pilot working offshore here and there, and Jo is an international school teacher. Tom and Claire are our very versatile 4 and half year old twins who seemlessly travel and fit into our rather irregular lives.
1 comment:
Jo, you gotta be careful with wild monkeys: yoiu can get rabies!! Do they have screen doors/aircon in your apartment? Pleased to hear Malaysia is going well for you. I did some research: a group of monkeys is called a "troop" or a "cartload".
We went to a fab Darwin wedding last night at the wharf. Home at 130am and pretty tired. Kids grumpy as they came too! We are all on school holidays and they are currently haggling with each other over Monopoly apartments. I am goin to go to bed for another hour I think!
Take care. Love Leslie
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