Monkey Island

Last week one of my fellow teachers was talking about her trip to Monkey Island and I perked up, always keen on being anywhere I can see monkeys. She told me that it was a nature preserve two hours southeast of Saigon by motorbike and that we couldn't miss it because there was only one road out there.

So last Saturday, Steven and I packed a bag full of sunscreen and rain ponchos and headed out to Monkey Island. After a two hour drive in the heat and traffic, we found Monkey Island to be a welcome retreat filled with monkeys, crocodiles and a little walking part-fish-part-frog thing that I'm going to call "the missing link."