Seriously… he did!  And I have photo evidence… keep going…

We headed inland today to check out the non-beach, cultural areas of Bali.  First stop: Padangtegal Mandala Wisata Wanara Wana.  Mmm yah.. Monkey Forest it is.

Entrance to the monkey temple

First thing we did was buy a bunch of bananas and split it amongst the group.  Everyone walked in with about five mini-bananas each.  The game?  See how long you can keep your bananas. Anything is fair game.  Stuff it down your pants, said the monkeys, we DARE you.

Look!  They even smile and hug!  False advertising I tell you.  What this really says is… I’m cute and adorable, but my claws are sharp, I’m hungry and you look like a giant banana.

Monkey statue

Less than two minutes later…

“I GIVE UP… MERCY!!… TAKE THEM ALL!”

Jordan attacked by monkey

Jean didn’t last much longer…

Jean scared

Since we were obviously outwitted, we tried to blend in.

See, hear, speak no evil

And then there was peace… a few of our recently fed friends.

Monkey 1

Monkey 2

Monkey cleaning

Monkey and baby

Monkey baby

Eileen and monkey and durian

Happy to leave with our lives, we ventured off to the market to do a little “cultural” shopping… only to be met by more bananas.  Seriously, does anyone know what the deal is?

Penises?

Finally, we capped the day with a little visit to the much photographed terraced rice paddies.

Rice paddy landscape

Man and rice paddy

MIT at the rice paddies

Group shot at rice paddies

And, of course, my obligatory jumping shot.

Jordan jumping into rice paddies

Rice paddies backed by Mountain



One Response to “Day 45: monkey grabbed my banana!”  

  1. 1 Pauline

    That’s a cool ketupat hat.


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