No, no, it's probably not what first springs to mind when you hear the term "monkey buffet." The city of Lopburi has so many monkeys that they hold a yearly festival in which they lay out a spread of all kinds of goodies for their local crab-eating macaque population.
The festival is held at Prang Sam Yot (temple of 3 towers), an ancient Khmer temple that dates back over 1,000 years ago and it quite literally teeming with monkeys.
(for engorgement fans)
But, while the temple is cool and old and historical and all of that, the monkeys are the real draw. The little guys eat just about anything thrown their way.
Eliana was fearless as she decided to actively participate.
But even with all of the festivities, the kids became a potent side attraction in their own right. Yes, many Thais came for the monkey festival but left with pictures of our children.
The grounds had some cultural shows and were adorned with some interesting items.
As we left, we noticed that the monkeys weren't just relegated to the temple.
After that, we drove to a sunflower field nearby. Great sunflower seeds but they didn't really sell cut sunflowers, which was odd. However, they had a disturbing amount of ceramic sunflowers. At any rate, we did get to go on the slowest tractor ride known to man.
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