I got sick Pattaya on this trip so went to Lopburi, a few hours North of Bangkok
The monkey capital
so silly me decides I want to see monkeys and pat them and talk with them and I even had thoughts of cup of coffee etc
I found a car service Bangkok to Lopburi 2000 baht ,
I had bags to take so couldn't get the train
I booked a hotel for 5 nights so I could have enough time
The hotel was cheap at 500 baht a night although it's a 15 minutes trip by Grab motorbike to the monkeys ( no grab cars here)
Yesterday I started my goal to meeting my new friends and ended up paying 60 B to get into a ruined old temple grounds ,I'm the only person in there and the Sun was hot !
I went around the grounds to see the monkeys ,and at first I was cautious,I walked over and threw some food I had bought and they all rushed over
Suddenly a security guard rushes to me shouting "no feed monkeys ,no feed monkeys !!
I looked at him in shock
They were happy even smiling at me as I introduced myself standing near them inside the temple grounds even an old grandfather type monkey
The guard came over shouting at me so I went OUTSIDE the temple gates at the back ,my new friends followed me and I sat in the ground ( with my sun hat on) then one climbed on my back and suddenly hand slapped my face from behind
It hurt and I screamed,then suddenly a small one ran and tried to take my hat ,and then I got up and ran they chased me
A workman at a construction site nearby ran to me with a stick trying to hit them , then the security guard runs shouting at me
I hate this Lopburi I want to leave early, I'm thinking late tonight as I sit in this hotel room to get a GRAB motorbike back to that temple with the monkeys and that monkey street and asking the driver to wait for me as I try to see who the leader of the monkeys is to tell them , I tried to get the hotel receptionist to translate this to the Grab motorbijebthan I want to go tonight at midnight to that street behind the monkey temple ,get him to wait whilst I spoke to them about my assault,but as she was translatini,he shouts No no and rides off fast !!
Unfortunately people can't speak english here ,it's a hassle to explain,
I want to leave Lopburi I was assaulted