Sara and I have a story about a trip several years ago in Costa Rica. I was driving a little over the speed limit (seriously, like 7kph over, 4ish mph), but the officer wrote a ticket for several hundred worth of USD. I pretended to pull “all” the money out of my wallet – $60 USD, said “all I have”, and he said “OK”. Then he pointed to a tree next to where we pulled over and said “mucho monkeys!” clearly distracting us while he was pocketing the money. Nonetheless, there was a tree full of howler monkeys, and I usually refer to it as our Costa Rica monkey viewing fee.
Why tell that story now? Well, because yesterday we visited the Penang Botanic Gardens and as we were walking out came across a troop of Macaque monkeys. Mucho monkeys! I was able to grab a video as we were passing along the path. It was a highlight of the day.
The day also included stops at the Waterfall temple (Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani temple), several hours wandering and eating at some giant malls, and over 35,000 steps of walking!
I really liked the curious one hanging out in the tree!