£1 loan payments, orangutans and learning it doesn't all happen overnight...

teachergirl

Huge:D

Actually in all honesty we didn't see that many. None worse than our daddy long legs. We did see Orang utans , gibbons, probiscus monkies,crocodiles,loads of birds,monitor lizards,komodo dragons, ordinary rats and a moon rat!(very rare apparently):)

We went to the orang utan sanctuary and one of them climbed into my sons arms. It was amazing although sad for the Orang as I guess it means he will not be able to be rehabilitated. We tried to walk away and put him down but he was VERY persistant and he only wanted my son noone else. We told him that maybe he smelt like the Orang's mum;)

Kepp

teachergirl wrote: »

Huge:D

Actually in all honesty we didn't see that many. None worse than our daddy long legs. We did see Orang utans , gibbons, probiscus monkies,crocodiles,loads of birds,monitor lizards,komodo dragons, ordinary rats and a moon rat!(very rare apparently):)

We went to the orang utan sanctuary and one of them climbed into my sons arms. It was amazing although sad for the Orang as I guess it means he will not be able to be rehabilitated. We tried to walk away and put him down but he was VERY persistant and he only wanted my son noone else. We told him that maybe he smelt like the Orang's mum;)

Don't do that to me!

I am better with bugs and spiders than I used to be (6 months in Africa saw to that - I got tired of running!) but I'm still not sure how I'll feel about massive spiders!

Wow, would love to see the probiscus monkeys and the komodo dragons must have been so cool.

You would be amazed by what can be re-habiltated. I spent my whole time in Africa doing this. Lions we were walking were successfully released into the wild, and a baby baboon I had stuck to me for 3 months and even slept in my bed was destined to go back into the wild. Apparently with primates as we are so close to them anyway they can be very attached to a human and still be released with no issues. Obviously there are also the cases where they can't due to things that have happened to them etc or lack of release areas but it is amazing to see how these places still take care of them.

Sorry, I tend to ramble as I get all excited about this stuff! :rotfl:

Sounds like you had an AMAZING time

teachergirl

Yep it was really amazing, and the first time my children had really experienced back packing. If you are going to the main rehabilitation place then you can see the probiscus monkeys up river from there. It is about an hours drive and then an hour or so up river. We stayed at Uncle Tans jungle camp(a three day two night adventure).(near to Sepilok) No running water and only some electricity at night. Toilets were appalling but it was the absolute highlight of our trip. The young guides are SO knowledgeable about the wildlife and so enthusiastic even my teenage daughter was totally won over.(if you have the chance to go I cannot recommend it highly enough) Also on a MSE perspective it is very cheap over there.
I am glad you think the Orang may still be able to be rehabilitated I was really sad about that.

EB69

beccie wrote: »

Lions we were walking were successfully released into the wild, and a baby baboon I had stuck to me for 3 months and even slept in my bed was destined to go back into the wild.

teachergirl wrote: »

No running water and only some electricity at night. Toilets were appalling but it was the absolute highlight of our trip.

You two make me feel ashamed that I have spent so many summers lying by a ppol with my nose in a book - I really ought to get ut more!

Kepp

EB69 wrote: »

You two make me feel ashamed that I have spent so many summers lying by a ppol with my nose in a book - I really ought to get ut more!

I've done lots of that too - even while in Africa!

In Namibia we had a tame giraffe, there are pictures of us lying by our tiny pool in our village reading books whilst the giraffe drank from the pool - it looks bizarre!

Kepp

Good news on the pub front - my shifts had all but dried up and I have been relying on normal wages and cleaning money only which hasn't been the best.

Got a text last night asking me to come in and discuss shifts and I now have £180 worth over Nov and beginning of Dec - yay!

Woowoo

That's fantastic news on the shifts Bec's x

Kepp

Oh and in the post yesterday I had three bottles of nail varnish turn up from a free sample thing I had signed up to on Tesco.

Think it was a mistake that they sent me three but never mind!

Saves buying them

Kepp

Have decided to go home at 1230 - have had enough for one day!

If_My_Pennies_Were_Pounds

How do you manage that!? I wish I finished early on a Friday, not bothered about every other day, but Friday would be great, especially when OH finishes at 1.30 on Fridays!