Day 11 - Tuesday

Went to Monkey Village. They have a lot of different monkeys and a giant enclosure with a walk through human cage. Some of the monkeys love showing off and try really hard to get your attention. Others will come right up and talk to you, but turn away as soon as you take out a camera. One in particular was really chatty, but every time I tried to take a picture, he turned around a pressed his but up against the cage. A little one was able to squeeze through the cage onto the human path, but squeezed back in when people got close. A large black monkey walked along the top of the human path cage and followed us for a bit. They also had a lot of birds, big and small. One says hello when you walk up. After saying hello a few times, he gets bored with you and says good bye and walks away. If you pursue, he keeps saying good bye and moving further away. They have a place where you can interact with some of the monkeys, but we got there too late and have to go back now and do that. It was kind of sad to see the monkeys closed in, but they seem to be very well taken care of and happy. They have nice areas to play and hide in, and lots of food around. I saw several workers moving through the facility talking to the monkeys and taking care of them.

The village is 45 minutes outside of Cape Town, we stopped at a mall on the way back in search of food. Again, mostly seafood and asian restaurants. We ate at the Cape Town Fish Company. Same as the US chain. Still not able to eat much, but had some saki. We stopped to visit with students on the way in to town, where everyone unanimously agreed to go shark cage diving this weekend.

Back at home, went to Long Street for a late dinner. Found a Mexican restaurant. You know you're an Arizonan when the first place you find that you like serves mexican food. Burritos, tacos, and Corona, hooray! For the first time, we all cleared our plates. The boy even had chocolate ice cream for the first time since we arrived. So, finally we have a favorite place to eat :)