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When they’re not spiriting away Uluwatu Temple visitors’ sunglasses, shoes and water bottles, the wild monkeys in Bali’s southwestern-most corner are preoccupied with personal-grooming rituals.
Photography & text © Tricia A. Mitchell. All rights reserved.
Hi! My name is Tricia Mitchell. I delight in telling stories about my slow travels through more than 65 countries. Some of my highlights have included sharing meals with locals in Armenia, Cambodia, and Tunisia; sipping sparkling wine with French cousins in Alsace; milking goats in a sleepy Bulgarian village; and training with a Japanese mine-clearance team in Laos. My husband, Shawn, and I are based in France’s Loire Valley.
Oh my!! Amazing you were able to capture this. I guess being at the right place at the right time. :)
Shawn and I couldn’t stop giggling as this unfolded; he has some funny video footage that he’ll be sure to share in the coming days. One of the other adult monkeys nearby also got protective of her baby, which was playing with a foreign tourist. She ended up biting the woman’s arm, latching on to the skin. Bottom line is that the monkeys were quite cute, but you must hang tightly to your sunglasses and flip flops, or these little guys would run off with them!
Well, if you’ve got it, may as well use it :-)
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That was totally hilarious!
He he. Another smile from reading your blog this morning.
My husband always refers to the monkey forest in Ubud as Monkey Attack Forest.
That’s a classic name. :) I’m sure that will bring a smile to my husband’s face too.
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