Sacred Monkey Temple, Saturday, December 29th, 2018

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Sawantee!

Today we got up and ate at the free breakfast buffet @ our hotel. They had a good balance of western food, but also Thai food as well! After that we took a taxi (A real taxi, not a Touk Touk. Another one of the differences between Thailand and Laos) to the Ubon airport, so that we could pick up a car Mom had rented. Mom had rented the car because she heard about a “sacred monkey temple” that wasn’t too far from Ubon.

For Mom, driving the car took a bit of getting used to. Because in Thailand they drive on the left side of the road! For some reason they drive on the right in Laos, but not in Thailand. We drove to the monkey temple (which was in a town called Pha Na). We parked the car, and as soon as we stepped through the gates… well…

Monkeys!
More Monkeys!
Wow!!!
(I also tried to put in some videos of the monkeys, but unfortunately they would not go into the blog 😦 )

It was so surreal! They were everywhere! And the best part is that they were completely free. The forest and the monkeys are very sacred to the Buddhist religion, so they are treated with a lot of respect. The good thing is that the monkeys do not climb on you, they don’t run away. But they definitely give you space, which I was really happy to see.

We had a nice drive back to Ubon, as we listened to Thai music on the radio. I still couldn’t believe how many monkeys we saw, in fact it till seems completely surreal!

*Word of The Day: Khawpkoon Ka (Cop – coon – caw), It means thank you in Thai!

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On October 4th, my mom and I will be leaving our home in Canada to travel and live in Laos, Southeast Asia for one year. This blog is about my experiences living in a new country.

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2 thoughts on “Sacred Monkey Temple, Saturday, December 29th, 2018”

  1. Sounds like a great trip. I bet it was nice to have a little western culture, and food!

    “The forest and the monkeys are very sacred to the Buddhist religion, so they are treated with a lot of respect.”- it seems like people over there could teach the people over here a couple of things.

    Have Fun!

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  2. Khawpkoon – great post and funny too – your surprise of the monkeys really came through – I am so happy that you had so much fun – they are so so very cute and EVERYWHERE – yes, you are correct … we can learn something about respecting other life xoxoxo

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