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I've Got To Get This Monkey Off My Back

Hi all. Yankee Girl here. I usually leave the posting to Yankee, but I just had to tell this story myself. And it's a good one. Trust me.

The story begins with Pettigirl (see Pettifogger's blog) venturing across the pond for a visit. While here, she and I took a trip to Marbella, Spain. As you may recall, Yankee and I holidayed (is that a real word?) in Marbella in September. Great place. Needless to say, it didn't take any arm twisting to get me to go back. During our trip, Pettigirl and I drove over to Gibraltar to check out the Apes Den up on the rock.

After a treacherous drive up the rock, we arrived at the Apes den. Before we even got out of the car an ape jumped up on it. That was the first indication it was going to be an eventful day.

Here's a picture of me next to one of the monkeys we encountered on the way up the rock.

And another of me looking a little nervous as a monkey walks by. It was amazing how they didn't seem to be phased by all of the tourists.

Here I am checking out the monkeys eating. Again, none of them seem to be phased by my presence.

This next part would be much more entertaining if I were able to download video here. I may be able to figure out a way to put them on a website and add the link, but until I do the still shots will have to suffice.

Yeah, that's right. I've got a monkey on my back! The little sucker just jumped right on me from behind. Pettigirl barely had the words "there's one behind you" out went he lunged. Unbelievable. And of course, never having had a monkey jump on me before, I didn't exactly know what to do or how to get it down. I didn't want to touch it or aggravate it in any way. It eventually jumped down, but before it did I managed to draw quite a crowd. Seriously, there were complete strangers taping me, people calling out to their friends to come over and look.... On the video there is a guy asking me how he got on there. Not that I heard a word he said at the time. Too bad. I could have said something smart like "Well, I leaned down and then my friend over here picked him up and threw him right up on my back." or "By golly, that special perfume with monkey pheromones really did the trick!".

posted by Yankee Girl @ 1:23 AM