Wildlife

A huge monitor lizard was blocking our way as we drove back from doing some shopping on the hill earlier today. It didn't seem to have much, if any, road sense as it lingered right in the middle of our path well beyond the point at which one might have expected it to take its leave. Eventually it achieved the full crossing, leaving us charmed over our brief encounter.

And then, having arrived at the taman and performing a bit of a drive around to survey the latest developments in terms of newly renovated houses, we saw a monkey munching away at something at the side of the road. This one scooted as soon as we drove alongside him. He clearly knew a thing or two about our species and wasn't terribly impressed.

The twin encounters left me, as usual, quietly pleased that somehow the other-than-human of the bigger variety survives up here. I'm quietly hoping the two fellows we saw and their attendant families actually thrive, but I have my doubts.