Lunch with Monkeys

Alright, sorry for the delay, I have been quite busy actually having a life away from my computer screen.  Things are going really, really well now.... but more on that later.  First I need to finish posting pictures and things from our extremely long tour day two weeks ago haha.  

So after the "safari" we stayed and ate lunch at the Bandia Wildlife Reserve.  They have a really cool touristy restaurant surrounded by crocodiles and tons of monkeys trying to steal people's food.  This was the first time in 2 weeks that I had a chance to eat food that I'm used to (I hate saying "normal" food.... because American food isn't normal here.... it's only normal to me... anyways...) and I seriously almost ate an entire medium-ish sized pizza.  It wasn't even that good of a pizza, but I was in heaven.  

Side Note: Over the past month I've probably lost about 25-30 lbs because I'm a really picky eater and some things here are very hard for me to eat.  That being said, the amount of things I've eaten here that I would NEVER touch in America is extremely impressive.  Onions here are different than in America and here I can eat them by the mouthful, no problem.  I've eaten all different kinds of strange meats, including sheep liver. Yeah... sheep liver.  The one thing I have the most trouble eating here is the fish.  I don't eat fish at home at all (or I didn't) but here I eat it, on average, once a day.  Smoked fish and the ground up and pressed together fish balls are nearly impossible for me to stomach.  There's a lot of tiny little bones in all of it too, and that can be hard for me, but every time I eat fish it gets a little better.  Usually because I'm starving and I don't care what I'm eating haha.  That being said... the food situation has gotten WAY better as of lately... but again.. more on that later.... sorry for the lengthy tangent... here are the pictures...

Crocs

Monkeys =)

One girl (can't remember her name right now and it's driving me crazy) from our group decided to make a friend.

This guy was not in the least bit scared of us

She gave him a cracker... and things got sketchy after that...

Enjoying his treat

Finished with his treat... and impatiently waiting for another one...

"Umm hello, you think you're going to leave? I know you got some more in that bag..."

"Yeah, I'm talkin' to you."

"Drop the bag and nobody gets hurt"

She someone managed to escape with all her belongings, but it was a close call.

Perched up in the trees, waiting for us to turn our heads at the table so he can come snatch up a roll!