In an earlier post I mentioned seeing two monkeys near Wat Phnom. On the tour of Phnom Penh this week we went to Wat Phnom and while there we spoke with some food vendors at Wat Phnom. They said that the monkeys come out to eat everyday at 2:00. Well, since learning about this on Thursday I have been eager to get back to Wat Phnom at 2:00 so I could see the monkeys. Today was the day. I got there about 10 minutes before 2:00 and there were no monkeys. I scanned the grounds and the trees, but there were no signs of any monkeys and then just like clockwork right at 2:00 a group of about 10 monkeys (including a few baby monkeys) appeared across the street and were eating coconuts, leaves of some sort, and hunting the grounds of scraps. They are so agile - sitting on top of the fence and using both "hands" to hold and maneuver food, crossing on telephone wires, jumping from one place to another high up in the air, and even sitting on a van's windshield wipers. They seemed a bit camera shy.
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| Today's Sunrise |
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| Monkey descending wire to get food below |
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Agile monkey balancing on the fence while holding two coconut
shells and about to jump to the rooftop |
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Wat Phnom - hire wire monkey
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