Johan had warned us to be vigilant about keeping our windows & doors closed & locked all the time. He was worried about break-ins…by the baboons. We didn’t really believe him, but the next morning at the unit across the street, the baboons had struck. They had taken the sliding door off its hinges to get in the unit. Unfortunately, we missed all the excitement. Ryan wanted to stick a banana & a video camera on our patio, so that we could see what they do.
We did see monkeys roaming the complex, at one point; Rich & Ryan set themselves up in the middle of a garden and watched the monkey run all around them.
So the unit that got invaded by baboons was hit the next afternoon by monkeys. They obviously hadn’t learned their lesson…they left a window open. The monkeys invaded & got bags of food & fruit, brought it outside and had a feast. That was fun to watch. There is a primate control officer on duty at the resort, and he just follows them around and chases them off the playground & out of the pool area. He must have been taking a break when they did this, but he came around & chased them away. We couldn’t wait for the owners to come back to see their reaction. When the SUV pulled up, we gathered around on the patio for the show. Out of the car poured 5 or 6 kids, a mom carrying a baby & a dad. I don’t think they noticed at all! Disappointing!
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