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This is the cool little buddhist lamp / arch thingy at the start of the monkey path. Note to self: learn something...anything about buddhism.
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The path wound it's way up a little mountain. It was a beautiful, sunny day in Kyoto and the way the trees filtered the light made the hike simply sublime. Note to self: refrain from using the word "sublime" in the future.
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Ooo...monkey trash barrel...I must be getting close.
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Ok, right about here is when I started getting worried that a monkey was gonna jump out of a tree onto me head and take a big dump.
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Oh, I guess if children are unafraid of these guys, I'll be fine.
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Made it! This monkey is like way into photo ops. Notice that I'm keeping my distance at this point. I don't trust these guys. They look kinda funny.
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You could see all of Kyoto from up here. Oh yeah, and a bunch of damn dirty apes.
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These guys look like they're just chillin in the shade but I can tell that they are really thinking about how delicious I look.
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OK, so little tip when taking pictures of baby monkeys. Don't. Stay away from the babies. I spent a good five minutes right up in this guys grill snapping pictures until his mommy came out of nowhere and made a very aggressive demonstration with her rather large teeth about a foot from my face.
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It was at about this point that I decided to take my leave of Monkey Town. Granted I did hang around for another 2 or 3 minutes just so they didn't think I was a total pussy.
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Nothing to do with monkeys. I just like the picture.
OK kids...more updates later. We just got off a boat and are now in CHINA! We have a lot to fill you in on, dear reader. Stay tuned.
3 comments:
I dropped the text from the sign with the kid into Google translate, the red part said, ""DO NOT PET MONKEYS OR THEY WILL RIP YOUR FACE OFF. ALSO, DO NOT TAKE PICTURES OF BABY MONKEYS"
i had a spelling error in my first attempt...but i thought this post deserved more than one appreciative comment. awesome monkey story, monkey photos, and colorful langauge, matt!
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