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Bad Rhonda Goes to the Kyoto Monkey Park

Bad Rhonda Goes to the Kyoto Monkey Park

The hike to the monkey park is not for the weak. It's a 30 minute uphill climb that will left me bit winded (and I'm a 5 mile a day girl), until I saw...
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The hike to the monkey park is not for the weak. It's a 30 minute uphill climb that will left me bit winded (and I'm a 5 mile a day girl), until I saw my first monkey. At that point ALL thoughts except for MONKEY! escaped my brain. I saw this guy going to take a drink at the pool and I saw the giant Koi coming into the shot and I was ready for a cool, monkey and fish face to face shot. The monkey looked at me a few times, water dripping off his lips and I kept shooting. As he launched his 50 pounds of irritated monkey at me, I kept shooting, stepping backward. Thank goodness for the rangers who stepped in and stopped me from being bit. It really was my fault he launched at me, my camera staring at him is seen as an act of aggression. I
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