Monkeys bit my friend

Cel joked "monkeys bit my sister." Monkeys actually bit my friend. She was in Bali, visiting the temple at Uluwatu. She was photographing the monkeys and got too close. One jumped on her and started biting her head. Her friend wrote about it in an email missive, and I almost didn't believe it. They had rented a car to drive there from Ubud, though neither of them could drive standard very well, and in their excitement to get to a hospital kept stalling. A local offered to drive them. When they offered their thanks he said it was no problem and disappeared into the night. My friend was fine in the end, and when she returned she showed me pictures of her bloodied t-shirt.

Years later I went to Uluwatu myself. It's a beautiful temple on the edge of the island, and when the sun sets the sea looks like crinoline. My driver and I talked about sate turtle and other favorite foods. I kept away from the monkeys. Posted by eku at January 22, 2004 12:43 PM