Lopburi, Thailand Travel Blogs

Our First Monkey Encounter - Wat San Phra Kan
Nov 25, 2006 (22 photos)

... , modern, with AC and a little fridge. This set us back $11 a night. What a country. We walked down to 7-Eleven (nowhere in Thailand are you more than 50 meters from one) to get a tasty beverage. As we exited we found a monkey sitting on the pay phone, ...

Lopburi with My Parents
May 23, 2007 (82 photos)

... to an awkward extent didn't seem appropriate for wild monkeys, so the love seemed a little restrained.  Either way, Lopburi once again provided an inordinate number of photo opportunities.  In addition to the normal cuteness, it was baby season, ...

Lopburi - Second Ruins
Nov 25, 2006 (24 photos)

When we got to the second set of ruins (which are just across the street from the first) we still thought the monkeys were the coolest thing on the planet. The second site was less touristed. I can only assume the 80 cent entry fee is what keeps ...

Lopburi Festival
Nov 26, 2006 (50 photos)

... and eating seeds from my palms. It was great. So we left that day very pleased that we had decided to hang out in Lopburi, and feeling quite thankful that we had been there during the festival. We had enjoyed all Lopburi had to offer. So we're off ...

They Take to the Streets
Nov 25, 2006 (9 photos)

While monkeys don't really participate in kidnapping or organized crime, they do cause a bit of trouble around town. They will run up and grab stuff out of your hands. And since toddlers are closer to the ground, they often lose whatever treats they're ...

Ruins by Train Station
Nov 26, 2006 (10 photos)

... to all the kids around who decided they wanted to be friends. It was amazing how much more friendly everyone was in Lopburi. People were all smiles. Thailand is called the Land of Smiles, but we didn't see any of it in Bangkok. I guess it's like going ...

Taking Jack to See the City of Monkeys
Jun 19, 2009 (35 photos)

... her ass, but it was all in good fun.  The most interesting part was getting my friend Pote to come along.  Lopburi is very much a foreigner destination.  Thais don't like monkeys, particularly not climbing on them.  I've told maybe 100 ...

Monkeys and antiquities
Mar 18, 2004 (10 photos)

... a sleepy little town, nice to wander thru, good food at the night market (including the best omelette I've had so far in Thailand, made by a really nice guy and his mum, who was the wok master!). Itinerary decision: Lynda and I are off on the train-- ...

Monkey Target
Apr 8, 2005 (1 photos)

Mischievous Monkeys
Feb 2, 2008 (9 photos)

We jumped on the local train and continued to move north to Lopburi. Location of the former palace of King Narai, built between 1665 and 1677. It was designed by French and Khmer architects, creating an unusual blend of styles. It also contained a new ...

Up t'North!
Dec 2, 2004 (4 photos)

... back through to Bangkok to head North again we decied to go cross country to pick up the Northern train route up through Lopburi, Phitsanulok and Lampang before reaching Chiang Mai! This proved to be a great experience and we saw the real diversity and ...

raining monkeys
May 13, 2008 (4 photos)

yesterday toured Ayutthya on bike to see the ancient ruins; Ayutthya was the capital of Thailand for hundreds of years until the mid 1700s when it was sacked and burned by the Burmese.  The next day we took the train to Lopburi which is home to ...

More Monkey Fun!
Jun 19, 2009 (37 photos)

... friend, Pote, came along.  And he was kind enough to drive us in his car.  It was Jac's first glimpse of Thailand beyond Bangkok.  We saw some rice fields and rolling mountains, a preview of what's to come in the outer provinces. Jackie and ...

A Day off with Monkeys..
Nov 3, 2009 (17 photos)

... . To eat. It reminded me of that frog farm. If they all hopped in the same direction though, they could get free. Thailand will never fail to surprise me. But being with them, you get to make your own decisions and even be able to have ...

Monkey Madness
Jul 13, 2007 (13 photos)

We took a 3 hour bus ride from Bangkok to a city called Lopburi. It is no different than any other city in Thailand other than one thing. Monkeys! They are all over the older part of the city swinging from Lamposts, telephone wires, shop fronts and ...

"There's a Monkey on your back"
Oct 27, 2009 (9 photos)

... at least we had the luxury of an Air Conditioned tourist coach for the 9 hour trip to Chiang Mai, the second largest city in Thailand and hub of the north.  We met up with Rob who had packed his Thai Whisky in true trooper fashion and after a highly& ...

No Monkey, Bad Monkey!
Mar 29, 2006 (10 photos)

... was about eight tigers, twenty or so assistants, one monk and a dozen doubtful tourists.It is an incredible experience to be close to one of the most powerful animals on the planet, it is in a word brilliant! If you ever go to Thailand you must do this.

Heading North......
Sep 22, 2006 (5 photos)

... we're not sure if it's friday or Saturday!! But which ever it is we got two buses north east to a place called Lopburi. There's loads of wild monkeys that resemble Daniel running all over the streets. Any way we're going for some dinner, enjoy the ...

should'a gone down to get up
Feb 3, 2007

... Bangkok.  If you're going a shorter distance shouldn't you pay less?  Well this is what happens when you go against Thailand's wishes, you get presented with a bus full of people who did as they were supposed to and now they were all asleep in ...

Monkey mayhem
Nov 15, 2007 (12 photos)

... and head straight to the monkey part of town. It says in the book that people with a fear of monkeys (Simianophobes?) should avoid Lopburi.  It's not hard to see why.  We found them at another temple where they like to hang out and there were ...

Elephants! Monkeys!
Jan 19, 2008 (95 photos)

... that had an elephant ARMY!  Actually, we could have had one in the US.  During the Civil War the King of Thailand offered to give Abraham Lincoln an elephant army to fight the south, but he refused.  We were pretty much in awe, having never ...

AIDS Temple
Mar 13, 2006 (5 photos)

... place. Hopefully my description of it will help you imagine what the stigma of AIDS is like in Thailand. After making our way through Lopburi, admiring the monkeys (does anyone else naturally type "monkees"?), we wove through rice fields until we ...

Lopburi and the monkeys
Dec 30, 2007 (5 photos)

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La ciudad de los monos
Jan 9, 2007 (15 photos)

De la ciudad de Ayutthaya, patrimonio de la Humanidad a Lop buri, ciudad de los monos... visita obligada si se viaje al  norte de Tai. Javi, de enfrentarse con un mono revelde a atender con simpatía a un@s adolescentes ...

Monkeying about
Feb 11, 2006 (9 photos)

... from the previous night we downed a few litres of water and set off down the 311, now heading East across central Thailand. It was a pleasant ride on a newly tarmaced road. The mountainous region approached us in the distance. We hadn't decided where ...

More monkeys!
May 23, 2007 (30 photos)

... interact and the facial expressions they make.  They are just the most fascinating creatures!   Anyway, when we visited Lopburi before they were holding their annual monkey festival.  They throw a huge feast for the monkeys to thank them ...

Perilously Falang
Feb 2, 2007 (2 photos)

I can't believe Bangkok would have been better. We came to Lopburi from Kanchanaburi by way of Suphun Buri. Thailand loves its Buri's. But it doesn't love foreigners who try to avoid Bangkok and thereby mix with locals. They charge you for that. We should ...

The Monkey Festival
Nov 27, 2006 (32 photos)

... town. So what better time to visit Lopburi than during their monkey festival, the last weekend in November. Our first night in Lopburi we walked into a convenient store for some snacks and walked back out to find a monkey sitting on top of the pay ...

Bicycle riding
Mar 2, 2007 (5 photos)

Well after a comfy 5 and a bit hour journey to Sukhothai (220 baht by local bus from Chaig Mai) we made our way by taxi (now a taxi is a very small ute with a wooden cage and seats and cost about 10 - 20 baht per trip ) to our guest house Ban Thai which ...

Monkey Town
Jan 3, 2006 (5 photos)

Lopburi Just a brief stop - just thought I'd share the trauma of finding a cockroach in our hostel room - definitely mot the best night of my life! Besides the cockroach fiasco, we had a great time here. Beautiful ruins and excellent dinner. The ...