The Bushbabies Monkey Sanctuary

Have a look: The Monkey Sanctuary . I highly recommend this place. Beautiful! Very professionally done.

Sarah- the star of the show

 Sarah was somebody's pet and still seems to love human company- coming up to hold hands, climb visitors, pull on their hair and investigate babies.

It is quite sad- many of the monkeys in the Sanctuary are ex-pets that are brought there when they become too much for their owners to handle. Some are smuggled in suitcases from as far as S. America and some do not make the trip.

Many have been kept in small enclosures and have never seen a tree before they get to the sanctuary. There are raised rocks on steel rods- monkey seats- because apparently many of them throw tantrums as they don't want to sit on the wet cold ground- having gotten used to certain creature comforts like sofas.

I was surprised when the guide mentioned that there are no laws in SA preventing the keeping of foreign monkeys.

Hello Baby!

White Knuckle bridge. You cannot believe how this damn thing sways as you walk across it. Felt like I had been drinking for three days steady

Smile!

Um...Actually...Mebee not..As you were.

The light coming through this Naboom looked so beautiful.

Monkeying around

Stop(per) thief! This little guy stole this dummy off the baby in our party

 He was already doing time for bad behaviour. Apparently steals cellphones and lighters. Knows how to use lighters and recently set his own tail on fire...

Exhibit A. The habitual criminal strikes again. Bail denied.

Paradise lost? This little guy was desperately looking for a way in through the electric fence.

 This morning- James climbs out of the shower and is doing a Rhys Ifans/Notting Hill number where he is striking poses and muttering- "Looking good" and the like and asking me for my opinion. I reply, " I wish that you would sometimes act more the romantic hero than the idiot buffoon..." I leave the room to check on Christopher and when I return, he looks at me seriously and says, "Here's looking at you kid." I could not stop laughing and we kept setting each other off. I don't have a romantic hero- but I do have something wonderful- someone who makes me laugh.