Masaki, I did get scared of the monkeys once in VF. They were much more aggressive there, and were right outside the door most of the time. One day, a little one just kept getting too close. The hotel employs full time monkey chasers to keep them at bay. One day, we were walking over to someone's room, and approaching the door, I saw a clip board being hurled out of a guest room door. Behind it came a monkey, who left a trail of tea bags in his wake! He managed to hold on to all of the sugar, and flew up a tree to enjoy it.

I also forgot to tell a story of a special greeter we had at Singita. Our "butler" escorted us to the room at check-in to show us around, and as I went to look out the window onto the deck, a snake slithered out from under a table in the room toward the window. Scared the bejeezus out of me, and fortunately the butler was with us and called reception to send someone to remove it. I think she was as scared as I was! I stayed right there to keep an eye on the thing, and got a few pictures of him on the floor, and wrapped around the arm of the man who came to our rescue. It was just a small one, but I don't think a cobra could have had my heart racing any faster!