Part 10 - Of Lemurs and men

Part 10 It was midday Tuesday and the Smiths had just trudged back to the hotel after a morning spent in a cloud forest. "How was your morning?" Asked Paddington, "did you see any Lemurs?" "Yes thank you Paddington." replied Mrs Smith and flaked out on the bed. "Well?" Replied the bear, "what type?" "Wet ones," replied Mr Smith, "wet golden bamboo lemurs, wet red-fronted brown lemurs, wet black and white ruffed lemurs and A.N.Other which was hard to identify because it was so wet! If  you had come with us then you will have seen them."  Paddington had decided not to attend the early morning walk because of the weather. This was due to him forgetting to pack wellingtons and a raincoat again. He also refused to wear any more of Mr Smith's hand made ponchos.  In fact from the sound of it the Smiths had repeated a similar walk to that undertaken in the Amazon rain-forrest the previous year, except for one fact. This time there had been leeches! The very thought made Paddington's fur crawl. When the party had reached a viewing point the guide had asked them to check that they hadn't picked up any guests. Most people had some on their boots and raincoats but Mr Smith had taken one on the chin for the group - literally. Unfortunately he was also not allowed to remove it until it had been photographed from every possible angle by those present. "Never mind," said Paddington "perhaps it will brighter this afternoon." It wasn't. While Mrs Smith took the opportunity to rest Mr Smith went on the shorter two hour walk. Unfortunately during this period the rain really set it. None of the other 101+ other species of lemur were seen but some nice group shots were taken of two of the types seen that morning.    In the early evening there was a further walk along a road to find chameleons and the elusive nocturnal mouse lemur. Both were seen but the latter was not photographed by Mr Smith.