I Picture Tour

Hello Friends! I was just looking at some of our pictures and thought it would be a good idea to share some with you! Follow my journey though Singapore and Bali as we explore these amazing countries in Asia. Feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below this blog. I would love to here from you!

Socks

We started the Asian leg of our trip in Singapore. Singapore is a multi-cultural city and there are many temples, mosques and churches all around the city. In this picture I am standing in front of a Mosque in Little Malaysia.

There are many colourful streets like this one in Singapore. My family and I loved looking in the little shops. Too bad none of the clothing was in my size!

We saw this amazing colourful painting on one of the many buildings. It was so bright and neatly painted!

This is another of the amazing temples we saw in Singapore. It is covered with sculptures of gods. It was truly amazing, and one of my favourite temples by far!

This sculpture is the most famous in Singapore. It is called the Merlion. It is a mix between a mermaid and a lion. It was so tall and amazing to look at.

Singapore has an amazing waterfront, and that is one of the main reasons people come to visit here. We visited the waterfront twice, once in the daytime and once at night. In this picture you can see some of the amazing buildings featured at the waterfront. The tall building that looks like it has a boat on the top is actually a hotel! We walked up close to it when we visited the other part of the waterfront later that night. The other white building with the round bottom is a museum.

Behind the big boat hotel there are eight giant man-made trees. In this picture you can see the amazing trees when they are lit up at night. That was truly an amazing sight!

The next stop on the Asia leg of our trip was Bali. We spent two weeks soaking up the sun and enjoying the amazing cultural experience. This picture was taken of the wing of our Airplane on our trip to Bali.

During our time in Bali we went to many Yoga classes. This is a picture of me practicing at home. What do you think? I think I am now considered a monkey yogi!

This is my favorite restaurant in all of Indonesia! It is called Mammas Warrung. My favourite dish here was nasi gorrang. In Indonesian, nasi gorang means fried rice. The fried rice is usually eaten with egg, chicken satays and prawn crackers. Yummy, delicious!

One morning in Bali we woke up at 2.30am to see the sunrise on Mt. Batur. We hiked for 2 hours up the steep mountain and watched the beautiful colours brighten the day. We were so tired when we arrived home later that day that we fell right asleep!

We are now headed off to Penang, Malaysia. Singapore and Bali were so different than anything we have experienced on this trip so far, and I am very exited to visit some of the other amazing countries in Asia.

Interview in Australia

Well hello again! It’s Socks the travelling monkey here. I am sorry I have not written for a while, I was too busy having fun! Right now we are in Australia and having a blast. While I was in Cairns, Australia I met another fellow monkey who was in radio broadcasting.  Sadly, he was not travelling the world, but he wanted to interview a monkey who was.  The interview was broadcasted all over the world to every monkey.  Here is a transcript from the show, I hope you enjoy it!

Monkey Reporter: Well hello Socks, we are very happy to have you on our show today. To my understanding you are travelling the world, is that correct.

Socks: Yes sir, I have been travelling with my human family for almost 10 months!

Monkey Reporter: Where have you been in Australia so far? What was your favourite place?

Socks: We started out in Sydney and then travelled up the east coast to the Gold Coast. Then we arrived in Cairns. I have to say, Cairns is my favourite spot in Australia.

Monkey Reporter: And why is that?

Socks: I love Cairns because of the Great Barrier Reef. We went out on a boat one day and went SCUBA Diving and snorkeling. It was truly amazing. We saw so many colourful fish and coral. We even saw a Nemo fish! Luckily, I don’t get seasick and I was alright on the boat ride.

Monkey Reporter: Wow! That sounds amazing! What was your favourite place in Sydney?

Socks: In Sydney I loved going to Bondi Beach. It is this famous beach that is known worldwide. They even made a TV show about it. I think they might have been filming while I was there.

Monkey Reporter: Did you visit the Sydney Opera House?

Socks; Oh Yes! That was one of the coolest buildings I have seen so far on this trip. It was shaped like a seashell.

Monkey Reporter: Wow, that must have been something! I have heard lots about the Gold Coast; did you like it there?

Socks: It was probably my second favourite place in Australia. There were tons of surfer dudes, and I think I saw some monkeys hitting the waves as well! I tried surfing with my human friends Ally and Meg, and we had a blast.

Monkey Reporter: I here you come from Canada, is the weather much different there?

Socks: Yes, the weather is very different here than there. Here we get temperatures around 24° where at home it can get down to -24°. It gets so cold in our winter that we get snow. You never get snow here in Australia!

Monkey Reporter: What about the food? Is it different here than in Canada?

Socks: No, not really. Most of the foods are the same. Although you do have banana trees growing here. At home we have to import all of our bananas. My family even showed me a tree once, while we were touring around.

Monkey Reporter: Well I better let you get back to your human family then. Thanks for coming on our show today Socks.

Socks: It was my pleasure, thanks Mr. Reporter.

Sydney:At the beach 

Sydney: The Sydney Harbour 

Sydney: Bondi Beach

The Gold Coast: Learning to surf

Cairns: My favourite fish

Cairns: Ally and Meg learning to SCUBA Dive

Cairns: Nemo

Cairns: Sea cucumber 

Cairns: Table coral