Lopburi is known in Thailand as the "Monkey City" as it has so many monkeys in one part of town. This part of town is overrun with them really and they are quite a nucience. Unsuspecting tourists are bitten each day by monkeys as they try to steal any food they might be carrying. In our first months in Lopburi Lisa was carrying a bag of fruit and a monkey came and ripped open the bag and stole her fruit. I seen them climb on the back of utes while they have been stopped at traffic lights and raid the boxes of food which might be stored in the back. I hate going to this part of town as I don't like the monkeys at all. Being a Buddhist society, of course you can't kill the monkeys and they are consider sacred by many bring protect and luck to the city (hence the temples that are built for them?).
Last month we went to see the annual feeding of the monkeys at one of the "Monkey Temples" in "Old Lopburi". Large amounts of food are laviously prepared to thank the monkeys.
When we leave Lopburi next year, the monkeys will be one thing we won't miss!
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thx for all the posts so far rich. i look forward to more! james L
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