Friday 18 September 2015

*** Medical update follows *** Although ailing crew is still coughing up hairballs, existence as previously enjoyed is rapidly returning. However, in the spirit of nurturing all of creation in the ecosystem of this, our home planet Gaia, he has passed on the associated life form to rest of complement. (Greek goddess Gaia, by the by, was the daughter of Chaos and the the mother AND wife of Uranus.. these guys led more extravagant lives than do most of us) While still feeling fine, Jan's voice has completely disappeared. As opposed to common wisdom this is not a good thing because, being very outgoing, she wants me to relate all her stories that, by the time I understand what she's asking, have long been superseded as the conversation has taken a completely different tack. Meantime neither of us has a clue what everyone is talking about.

We were anxiously anticipating seeing monkeys, extremely excited to see the first and entirely enthralled by the next dozen or so. Finally, however, the law of diminishing returns has set in and we've become phairly phlegmatic about monkeys. They were all over Rinca (pronounced Rinta for some reason) Island and, although admittedly competing with dragons, numerous long-tailed macaques thronged us. They'll always be fun (no barrel necessary), but monkey fever has substantially subsided.

Jack