The other day I sent my friend the following text “Howler monkeys have GIANT balls. Seriously. I saw them.”. And I meant every word. It all started when Sara came up to me and said something along the lines:
I was getting dressed and the howler monkeys were above me. Then I noticed that one of them had GIANT balls. Seriously, so big that I wondered how they were able to move at all. It was like another limb. I watched them for about ten minutes.
Such a statement came completely out of the blue that I laughed in my typical cackle to show my true appreciation. It was the sort of thing that you could not have expected. And sure enough, I was so curious that I had to go and see for myself. Hence the text above. It is true. And while i don’t want you to google image that and scar yourself for life, you can be assured I have seen it and it is true.
Our day didn’t start off with such hilarity though. It rained the entire morning. We weeded in the rain. That was about it. In this way, we were lacking things to do really. We couldn’t fumigate, we couldn’t water (that was being done by nature), and we had fed the pigs. So we weeded. And we took breaks. That was our day. With such a lively morning, you can imagine that our minds were looking for something to liven things up a bit. Hence monkey balls.
After our chores, I ended up heading up to the lodge to check emails and investigating how to grow tropical plants. I got up and got ready to go, but somehow I ended up with one hilarious moment. Or rather one disgusting moment. I was about to start brushing my teeth when Pablo came in. Trying not to be rude, or perhaps to try something new, I attempted to brush my teeth in frount of him. I used my toothbrush with paste and my water bottle. What I should have done is put my toothbrush in first and then water, but I did the reverse. The messy result was water and toothpaste on my face and newly cleaned shirt while I laughed all the way to the sink.
In the same day, only an hour later, I was saying goodbye to Pablo as I ran up to the lodge. I had just popped one of my little cookies for a snack on the way up and was mid chew when Pablo asked if I was headed up to the Lodge. I was unable to form a viable word in either Spanish or English and ended up sort of mumbling and nodding my way out of it. Pablo sensing my inability to speak, started laughing and asking more questions. I finally managed to muster out “Adio” and a wave of my hand and I was off.
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