This is me and a monkey. Outside of Banos, Ecuador. 2002. Not a great picture because I had to mess with the light a lot to make me and the monkey visable. This is the closest I've ever been to a monkey - and I was ELATED. (I know, my face doesn't really show "elation" but I was.) Also, this is the same place where, a month or two later, I badly cut my hand and required three stitches.