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The Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud Sanctuary is a great place to see monkeys in a natural environment. The sanctuary is south of the town at the end of the Monkey Forest Rd (Jl Wanara Wana).



The sanctuary is set in a lush forest with temples, stone statues and hundreds of monkeys (Long-tailed Macaque, or Crab-eating Macaque as they are properly known).



The monkeys are so accustomed to humans thats they generally ignore you when you walk by. The best way to get up close to the monkeys is with bananas, which are sold at the entry gate.



The monkeys are not shy in accepting bananas and they will go for your bag if they think you are hiding bananas from them. Make sure you are holding onto anything loose as they may take off with that as well.



Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud Sanctuary

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Location: Railay - Thailand Date: 15 Feb 2008

The great thing about Thailand is you have a better chance of seeing exotic animals like monkeys and elephants in a urban setting than seeing them in the wild.



Like most urban animals these monkeys have become accustomed to people and have picked up the bad habit of picking through human garbage.

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Location: Lopburi - Thailand Date: 2 Feb 2008

Lopburi is about 150 km north of Bangkok and it makes a good stop on the way to Chiang Mai. This small city has temple ruins strewn though the working streets of the town, which breaks up the drab new concrete buildings.

Lopburi is most famous for is resident monkeys (of the Crab-eating Macaque variety). The monkeys are fed by the locals and have since lost their fear of people, so they won't mind going after you aggressively if you offer them food.

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At the river ferry in Ayathaya, Thailand there is a great mural of the characters from the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.



I'm no scholar on Chinese literature but most Aussies, Kiwis and Brits my age will recognise the mural as the characters from Monkey, a TV show that was popular in the 80's.

The story is Chinese, made in Japan and dubbed into English by the BBC.

Here is a video of the start of the show, which gives you a taste of it's cult cheesy goodness.



View here if video doesn't show: Monkey

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