Thread: Lopburi the town of monkeys febuary 2008

nice thread terry have a green

Great work with the camera, well done

Nice happy thread Tezza. Great to read something positive. I am looking forward to your triangle post.

Great thread.

I don't care what everyone says about you, I think your allright

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Err, Umm, thanks mate.

Thanks for the looksee, where in relation to BK is that place?

Originally Posted by terry57

Lopburi is 4.5 hours north of bangkok

Lopburi is only 154km north of Bangkok so I'm wondering how you could take 4.5 hours...and then I saw you took the train...

another good thread Tez...you're real good when you post stuff like this...

Great pics and comments -- Thanks.

Really nice thread and beautiful pictures. And you're right to travel by train. It is such a nicer introduction in a city to come in the railway station than a bus station. I've travelled all thai train lines and it's a wonderful souvenir.

Monkeys are a cross between rats and yobbos.

Originally Posted by Wallalai

Really nice thread and beautiful pictures. And you're right to travel by train. It is such a nicer introduction in a city to come in the railway station than a bus station. I've travelled all thai train lines and it's a wonderful souvenir.

Great set of pix and info. Thank you. I hope you shar the Triangle set. FYI: Suwannaphum, south of Roi-ET, has monkeys roaming free on the grounds of the 700 year old Wat (temple) just south of town. But, they stick to the temple grounds and the woods nearby. Here, they 'steal' anything not tied down - even try to take handgags from the women. Very comical - if you are not a victim...

JohnTB

thought about going there..then i thought about how much of a pain in the arse those monkeys would be! looks almost plague like, i reckon down the track a bit they are gonna need some control measures taken..untill then looks like fun, for a bit

nice thread mate, green for your good work

and thanks johntb you reminded me of another thai town with monkeys, kumpawapi, just outside udon thani, nice place, a bit small but ok, all the simians hang around in the town square and they were building some kind of building for them with this sculpture outside,anyone live near there? im in the uk now but im about 15kms from there when in thailand.

I stay in that area. Further along the 2023 road past Srithat and you get to Wangsammo.
I spent a couple of hours in Kumpawapi with the monkeys the other day. There's more and more everytime I go. Fun to feed them, they just walk right up and take things from your hand. (But you need a strong grip on the food bag, buggers like to creep up and nick the whole bag)

I like Lop Buri, i must go there again soon.

Cheers.

Nice work Terry..

Have a green on me mate.

Lopburi Isn't famous for bars but we managed to find these guys who worked at the "Come on Bar". Tobey on the left was a genuinly nice guy and we had great fun downing JW Black with them, I kept in touch with him for a year or so but now I haven't been back for a while.

Lopburi is always a nice little excursion and this bar as always been good fun. There is a decent restaurant opposite aswell