Unless its in a zoo, I'll never get to hold a monkey. I mean, where else would I encounter a monkey right? Especially being in the United States?

And I know I'm NEVER going to get to go out of the country. I can't afford flights like that. 

Fast Forward MANY Years.... Here I am in the Dominican Republic, AMAZED that I have a monkey standing on me and feeling bad that the poor thing is having to perform. 

Such an AWESOME experience. I had asked the guy what kind of monkey he was and was told a 'spider monkey'. After digging a bit - I am pretty sure he is a squirrel monkey. 

Either way, I so would have loved to just curl up with the little guy but he was wound lol. He did nip me too, but - hey, ya only live once. Now I just have a million more animals to see and love on for the first time. This was definitely a highlight of our trip to Punta Cana. 






I will have to apologize for the video. just as he started recording he flipped the camera - and I'm being far to lazy to cut and fix the video. This is what you get!