Friendly Monkeys and Fireflies

Following are some picture of the art market we went to yesterday morning. It is like a farmers market where people sell their handmade crafts. Three of the four people had been to it before and said that they knew where it was. But after walking around the streets for 20 minutes, we asked someone and it turns out we were one street over. 

This one is for you mom (en oma). These are the fabrics that you like! Instead of buying some, I made a picture which will last longer

This is some local art

 After we got back to the apartment, we changed and got ready to go on our fieldtrip. We we're supposed to depart at 2pm but the other group went out the night before so they had some trouble getting up and being ready on time. We drove in the vans for an hour and arrived at the monkey place. From there, it took a while to get organized (as this is seriously lacking on this trip), went on a train ride up and got dropped off with the monkeys. These monkeys were like the squirrels at Lake Louise. The tourists got to bring food to feed them so they jump on you and steal your food. 

Here is a picture of our instructor with a monkey on her back

These are all the monkeys waiting for food. They even had their babies on them which were yellow and we could pet the babies if we gave the mothers food

 After spending two hours with the monkeys, we got in the vans again and drove 30 more minutes to arrive at the jetty firefly park resort. We had supper at a seafood restaurant. We got crabs (with the heads- they had no meat and looked creepy since the eyes were still on it), shrimp, fish, tofu, and other interesting dishes. We then had to wait until it got dark. Even though the sun went down, it was still very humid and we were sweating all over. When it was dark, we boarded a boat to look at the fireflies. These flies feed off the leaves of a particular tree/bush that only grows along the banks of this river. It was really cool to see all these little lights flying around. We were not allowed to take any pictures since that would scare the flies but you can probably google it. The boat ride was less than 30 minutes but still a cool experience. After that, we got back on the air conditioned vans and drove home. We arrived back at the apartments at 9:45, which gave enough time for blogging and going to bed early. 

Today, I'm hanging out with Tristin who came home because she was not feeling well at work. I have to go get some groceries soon and then go to work around 2. I only have 2 presentations today but our manager want's to see us in the office sometime.