Monkey Attak

Hey, everyone! We know now that we're definitely in Uganda, with all its fantastic wildlife, because, as many of you have already found out.......WE GOT ATTACKED BY MONKEYS! Matt took a couple of these great shots, and these are super! However, the monkeys were in a good mood at that point.

So, we had heard from our dad that there was a pack of monkeys living at the top of our road, or "close" as they call it in Uganda. Just me and my brother went out during the afternoon, thinking that it was all just a joke, when we see no less than 10 monkeys, and little baby monkeys! Matt whips out the camera and starts snapping away (these are the best of the pictures). Then, the monkeys start getting closer, and then, I, by mistake took a picture with flash. The monkey froze for about 5 seconds, then bolted up the wall. At that point, we didn't really notice, but the little devil was cooking up a plan. Then, I threw a piece of this potato that was lying on the side of the road to two monkeys (STUPID!), and Matt had the clever idea to take a video (you've gotta see it). The two monkeys fight over it for a while, and then Matt and I feel a WHOOSH! go past us, and a thud of a rock on the ground, and Matt saying "O, Gese!!!" We look up, and what else but the monkey who I took the flash picture of was standing on top of this rock face, with his arm elevated like he just threw a rock. We bolted home, and didn't stop until we were safe inside our house, laughing along the way.

We think that the monkey was just playing, but still, a little bit better aim and it could have really hurt Matt.

And, we went scavenging later on and found the exact rock that was chucked at Matt, that you can see, if you look closely enough in the video. Check out the picture.