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Our First Monkey Encounter - Wat San Phra Kan

A travel blog entry by dane

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... , 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

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... cuddle 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 ...

Lopburi - Second Ruins

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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 ...

Mischievous Monkeys

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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 ...

Lopburi Festival

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... 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 ...

They Take to the Streets

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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

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... waves 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 ...

Taking Jack to See the City of Monkeys

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... 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

A travel blog entry by mimmik

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... like 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 ...

Monkey Target

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Up t'North!

A travel blog entry by dawn_smedley

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... 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 ...

Lopburi by motorbike

A travel blog entry by barbieandken

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... . Bella had tea, indeed, and I had a Pepsi to flush down some crisps. After that we drove through the streets of old town Lopburi to find some interesting spots. The town looked really dirty and dark, even though it was only 4pm by now. I believe Berlin ...

A Day off with Monkeys..

A travel blog entry by alainetaylor

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... sale. 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 ...

Monkey Madness

A travel blog entry by darrenniki

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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"

A travel blog entry by haz14

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... but 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 ...

No Monkey, Bad Monkey!

A travel blog entry by sunnysean

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... 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 ...

Heading North......

A travel blog entry by jb92434

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... 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

A travel blog entry by vasquez3

... roads and established routes. The journey we embarked upon from Kanchanaburi to Chiang Mai is not a well established route and thus Thailand will punish you for daring to travel 'outside the box.' What Thailand wants you to do is catch a ...

The Monkey Festival

A travel blog entry by linzstoker

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We spent Thanksgiving riding a train to Lopburi. This town is not very touristy, but the word is starting to get out and it was listed in our guidebook. It's a cool town to visit just for the sake of its archaeological remains ...

Monkey mayhem

A travel blog entry by anslwithers

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... 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 ...

More Monkey Fun!

A travel blog entry by linzstoker

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... 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 ...

Elephants! Monkeys!

A travel blog entry by mizmelodia

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... 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 ...

Another Monkey Visit

A travel blog entry by linzstoker

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... ; After the boys returned from the island and Josh flew out, we took Manny to see the monkeys in Lopburi, a favorite activity of ours. We've been there three of four times already. The situation was a little different though this ...

AIDS Temple

A travel blog entry by bjkat81

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... 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 ...

Ruins, Temples & Crazy Monkeys!!!

A travel blog entry by kaydeetravels

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... the grass becomes greener, and the tourists become less! Yesterday we caught the train about an hour outside of Ayutthaya to Lopburi for the day to see the Khmer ruins... not quite as impressive as Ayutthaya but the millions of wild monkeys makes it ...

raining monkeys

A travel blog entry by j.mccrary

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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 ...

Ancient Ruins & The Monkey Temple

A travel blog entry by kaydeetravel

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... . Our guide kept the monkeys at bay so we were safe and got some ace pics! Well, that was our story through Ayutthaya and Lopburi and next in store was the overnight train to Chiang Mai, 12 hours on a delayed train with not enough space each to swing a ...

Monkeying about

A travel blog entry by escapefromuk

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... over 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 ...

Lopburi and the monkeys

A travel blog entry by koaclarck

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La ciudad de los monos

A travel blog entry by javiersonia-bcn

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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 simpat�a a un@s ...

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Our First Monkey Encounter - Wat San Phra Kan

Lopburi with My Parents

Lopburi - Second Ruins

Mischievous Monkeys

Lopburi Festival

They Take to the Streets

Ruins by Train Station

Taking Jack to See the City of Monkeys

Monkeys and antiquities

Monkey Target

Up t'North!

Lopburi by motorbike

A Day off with Monkeys..

Monkey Madness

"There's a Monkey on your back"

No Monkey, Bad Monkey!

Heading North......

should'a gone down to get up

The Monkey Festival

Monkey mayhem

More Monkey Fun!

Elephants! Monkeys!

Another Monkey Visit

AIDS Temple

Ruins, Temples & Crazy Monkeys!!!

raining monkeys

Ancient Ruins & The Monkey Temple

Monkeying about

Lopburi and the monkeys

La ciudad de los monos