Man versus monkey - a tug of war for the ages

Where have I been over Christmas?

- with Richard Ord

Well, funny you should ask. I've been monkey wrestling in the Indonesian archipelago.In fact, monkeys and wrestling never entered my thoughts when blurting out to my other half that I'd like to visit Bali before my brain is cryogenically frozen when I reach 103 only to be thawed out several centuries later when immortality is the norm (okay, before I die).

It was only after a handful of cultural explorations of the place that I realised monkeys featured quite heavily in Balinese life. They are everywhere.