Sunday, February 3, 2013

Ghana - Part 3

This is definitely my favorite part of the trip!!!! On the drive back to Accra, we stopped at the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctury. We bought some bananas and took them into the forest to find the monkeys. And boy did they come out once they saw the bananas!

They were so precious! the ones we saw were about 6 months old - 2 years old. It was funny when they would jump up and try to steal the banana from another monkey that was already eating it out of your hand. They were so nice! no biting or scratching, just peeling and eating the bananas then jumping back to the trees. I wanted to take one home so bad!

there was actually a couple of graves near the monkeys....
at first the guide just got them to show up by handing them a banana.
others saw and starting swinging from the trees to come see!
this was an older one that watched
then it was my turn I had one on my arm peeling when another one jumped up and knocked the other one off!
I loved that the little ones just took their time peeling and eating on my arm. its tail was also wrapped around my leg!
I liked to cuddle it up close instead of holding out my arm like I was supposed to, oops!
Jason's turn
the monkey checking him out
close up showing how precious their tiny eyes and tiny hands were.


the goats and chickens came out to eat the peels and leftovers
2 monkeys!


two monkeys were trying to get the same banana!
I was taking the pic with another hand while monkey sat on my other arm
another close up
getting the last little bit out of the peel in my hand
Loved these little ones!!


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