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posted on June 16, 2014 by eandl

Memory Monday: my temporary friend

If you ever have the opportunity to travel around central Bali then you will likely see the Balinese long-tailed macaque (called ‘kera’ by the locals). The most popular place to have an experience with these little guys is in Ubud at the Monkey Forest. However, I had read lots of accounts of monkeys hopping on people and searching your pockets for food and that’s just not an entertaining scenario for me personally.

So, after leaving the Ulun Danu temple on our way to the Menjangan, our driver surprised us with a hillside stop full of polite, playful monkeys and handfuls of peanuts to feed them with. At first I was reluctant to even get out of the car but Swi assured me they weren’t aggressive.

After a few minutes, one old guy in particular took to lightly holding my skirt and looking up at me with wide puppy-dog eyes. Of course, who do you think received a majority of my peanut stash?

may I have some peanuts please?

I was very surprised at how gently he took the food from me – I have had human children grab things from me in a more insistent manner! We still skipped the Monkey Forest tourist trap attraction but I am glad for the few moments I had with my temporary friend.

begging  I have all the peanuts!

I will have all the peanuts!

Related posts:

  1. Bali: Denpasar to Menjangan
  2. Memory Monday: parking discs in Copenhagen
  3. Memory Monday: $120 worth of caviar in my belly
  4. Memory Monday: dinner at TAPA

Tagged With: Bali, Indonesia, macaque, memory monday, monkey

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  1. Bali: Denpasar to Menjangan says:
    June 17, 2014 at 10:05 am

    […] monkeys to feed. Our driver had bought raw peanuts so we took turns handing them to the monkeys. An older guy had taken to gently grabbing my maxi skirt and giving me puppy dog eyes. Clever […]

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