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Jungle fever

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Our morning jetty visitor After our stupendous day yesterday, we didn't expect much from our 6.30am nature boat ride today.  A massive rainstorm during the night had made the boardwalks very slippery (and woke us up extremely early), a situation made infinitely worse by the scattering of monkey poo. Naughty macaques. In addition to Abas, our gang consisted of Charles & Jane, a retired Scottish couple from Leicester, and Rob & Amelia, a honeymooning dentist - very handy for advice on Duncan's painful tooth! We'd bonded on our epic nature cruise yesterday and were ready for anything today. Except big snakes. Which was a problem as there was a rather large python wrapped around the steps to the jetty. Thankfully one of the boat guys offered to get a picture for me. He got a lot closer than I ever would have! Re-building a rainforest Our morning trip revealed more monkeys, including proboscis and another orangutan. You may think that this is norm...