Finally, some wildlife!

Today at lunch my boss mentioned that he had seen a lot of monkeys and some elephants here in Phnom Penh. I was very disappointed, because I hadn't see any! Then he started talking about baby monkeys, or baboons, we're not sure what they are, and I was even more jealous.

Well, it's a good thing I went out for a walk after work this afternoon, because I struck gold! There's a temple right across the street from our hotel, and even though I had been there before, the animals weren't out then. Today they were though. And you'll have to excuse this picture, it had just rained a little before I went out, and when I took my camera out the lens got all steamy. I thought it was just the screen, but once I got back home I realized the lens must have been all fogged up too. I was able to clear some of them up, but the colors are still a little off.

If I wanted, I could have ridden on this guy, or fed him some peanuts I think. I opted to take pictures, from a short distance away. I don't think he showed up very often, because even the locals were hanging around and checking him out.

I nearly missed these guys! I was heading back to my hotel when I noticed them. There were a bunch just hanging around and getting food from people. I'm not sure why I didn't notice them when I was here the other day, but they must have been up in the trees or something.

They were definitely not afraid of people! I was able to get pretty close to some of them, and they hardly noticed me.

Isn't this guy a cutie? He was the littlest one there.

Finally, I just wanted to thank everyone for their comments. I haven't really gotten a chance to respond, but I am reading them, and the emails! Some people have said they had a problem leaving a comment, but I'm not sure why. I've got everything opened up to anonymous users, and I turned off the word verification, so maybe that will help.