Follow this midlife mess in motion on a 3 month journey to the opposite side of the world where I plan to sweep out the brain closet and unpack the shenanigans of my inner child. God I hope they have coffee.
080 – Monkeys
Moving on to our next stop we were driving along innocently when there was a monkey sitting by the side of the road. Not unusual in these parts, but I asked the driver to stop so I could take some pictures. I regret, even though there were people there who had been studying the monkeys for a while, knew the moms, the dads, the babies and such, I did not ask for any information about the monkeys. So I only know them as monkeys. Not family, species… all that technical stuff that I usually enjoy learning. It was hot. I was tired. Give me a break. So, without further ado… the monkeys by the side of the road.
Greetings travelers. I will sit here and watch your antics.I am young and bored. Mom took away my phone.God. Just hold the baby and I will look at your sore. This baby, I was told, was 3 weeks old. There was another baby in the bushes that was born 2 days before. I did not bother that mama.I am so glad my kids are grown, but I wish I could get my youthful chest back.There’s a monkey looking at me. Do you think the owner would notice if I borrowed his bike?God you are gorgeous. Want to come over to my place and hang out?He didn’t notice I took the keys. I can gather the gang and we will ride tonight.I sit. I watch. I wonder what I will do next.All I do is watch the kids. Sigh.Mama, I want to go over there.No.That human is taking pictures of me. I do not like my picture being taken.I will make a funny face to scare her away.Okay. I will turn away and ruin her shot.I can feel that lens getting my bad side.Okay. You want a war… Look at me. I am eating a leaf. I like eating leaves.This is a very tasty leaf.Romeo? Romeo? Where for art thou Romeo?take a picture, it will last longer.Can you believe this bitch? She actually took a picture.Wait here. I will call you a monkey uber.I am not an Uber and it is rude of you to say so.Fine. I must do everything myself.
So, just pointing out this is the point in the day when the monkey mama I was taking pictures of, snuck up to the tuk tuk while I was taking pictures of other monkeys, and proceeded to take the large water bottle I had just purchased out of the tuk tuk cooler and walk away. She then cracked the top like a seasoned bar wench opening a beer and drank it down.
She did pour some out for her baby, who took a little, but overall was uninterested.and then they walked away.
It is a hot day, and I did take a lot of pictures of them, so I cannot complain about them stealing my water. It went to a good cause, or at least better than me at the moment, so all is well. My driver took the remains of the bottle and offered it to the other monkeys. When they finished with it, we went on our way.
