This weekend a couple of colleagues and I went to the Longhu Mountain Natural Reserve, also known as monkey mountain. The name, of course, says it all.
The place is about 2 hours out of Nanning and we took a bus to get there. One of our local colleagues took us, and acted as our interpreter too. She even made us lunch - home made beef and corriander dumplings which were delicious.
The reserve has about 2500 monkeys. There are pathways through the mountains and a river to cross (by bamboo bridge).
The monkeys are curious about us and we had a few occasions where they seemed to follow us for a bit. It also seems that they have their own territory as they'd only go so far.
We bought monkey nuts to feed them but you have to keep the nuts hidden until you're ready to give it to them as they are quite grabby. They even try to look through your pockets for them!
The place is about 2 hours out of Nanning and we took a bus to get there. One of our local colleagues took us, and acted as our interpreter too. She even made us lunch - home made beef and corriander dumplings which were delicious.
The reserve has about 2500 monkeys. There are pathways through the mountains and a river to cross (by bamboo bridge).
We bought monkey nuts to feed them but you have to keep the nuts hidden until you're ready to give it to them as they are quite grabby. They even try to look through your pockets for them!
It was a lot of fun to visit the monkey reserve. I even found King Louie (Jungle Book).
This is real monkey business......
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Dad
sounds like a fun day out.
ReplyDeleteEerst dagen in HongKong, nu die apen....werk je nog wel? Maar je hebt gelijk, enjoy as much as possible!
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