August 14, 2012

• Monkey Hill and Elephant Orphanage

  Next stop in Malaysia was Bukit Malawati, or monkey hill, so named for the numerous silverleaf monkeys that live there

  

  as you can see, the babies are bright gold/orange, and only darken with age

  

  We spent a lot of time feeding the monkeys string beans before heading down to a chinese restaurant on the river and then onward to watch the fireflies at kuala selangor. No pics of that as my camera is not fancy enough to have that fast a shutter speed, but definetly worth it, and romantic…if you dont mind your romance being on a boat with 10 other people

  

  The following day it was off to the elephant orphanage at Kuala Ganda

  

  Michelle had found the best tour guide for this trip ever, the elephant man, who will take you to the sanctuary on the condition that you help care for the elephants while there including

  

  preparing their food,

  

  and cleaning their mighty poops. I got to play zookeeper for a day, and help some of these adorably majestic creatures

  

  Michelle also got in on the action preparing and serving formula to the baby elephants

  https://picasaweb.google.com/108873713548763236015/KualaGandah#5754807324525694626

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  From Kuala Gandah

   

  And thus ended the malaysia portion of our trip. Next and final post will be the best zoo in the world, the singapore zoo!

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