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Frey Kat Danielle's SEA Travels
Well lucky for us we didn't sleep under the stars otherwise the huge colony of monkeys that live in Lopburi may have decided to either shack up with us or rob us of everything we own. I would have liked to see them try and take off with our packs, particulary danielle's as she struggles at times with it.
Lopburi was very quiet with not alot of people around and we didnt get hassled to take a tuk tuk or taxi which was a nice change. We managed or really stumbled across a basic but clean hotel a few blocks from the train station. The room only cost us 200baht which is about $5 Au, amazingly cheap but like we said before very basic and at least had a comfy bed. The bathroom consisted of a large room with of course the toilet. The shower is a burst of water that wets everything, includng the toilet seat so you have to wipe it all down when you want to use it, but at least its clean right..... Oh and danielle thought it important to mention that the walls dont meet the ceining so every splash and bum squeal is audible throughout the room.
Our first morning we took our time getting up, after all we are on holiday and it is sooo hot. We eventually set out to find a vegetarian breakfast and we are lucky enough to find a lady cooking a vegetarian meal and danielle points and holds two fingers up, she nods and points to sit down. Even better the lady that ran the shop spoke a little english and told us how to say vegetarian in Thai. It is dae' (pronounced dare, not dah).
We started our day at wat Phra Si Ratana Mahathat, a 12th century khmer temple across the road from the train station. In the grounds it had huge frangipani tress, dragonflys, butterflys and sparrows everywhere. Very impressive ruins, but the most intrigueing thing about Lopburi is the monkeys. They wander around the town as if they own it, but mainly travel between an old ruin and a monkey shrine where they are fed. We kept our distance and watched as other tourists hand fed them and let them climb all over them. A Thai boy had the job of chasing them off people as they could be aggressive and once hand fed demanded it. One looking at me out of the corner of his eye went to grab my skirt and luckily i moved just in time and didnt get a hold. They were quite amazing how they waited for the traffic to ease off before they crossed the road and once all the food was gone they retuned to the other ruin they hang out at.
For lunch we attempted to use our new found Thai phrase, dae', but noone understood us, so we had to return to our old faithful cafe where they knew exactly what we wanted. Thats when we found out we were pronouncing it wrong, typical...
After lunch I went for a cat nap (still recovering from flu and change ot time/climate) and danielle went off to explore more. She hit peak school finishing time at 4 thou and found it difficult to get throu the 1000s of children. We were to meet at 6 at a bar at the opposite end of the street, but this quaint quiet town had turned the st into a night market so when i went to go down it, found it rather difficult as there was only room for single file either side of the road. There were people and stalls everywhere. We decided on pina (pineapple) for dinner and found the only piece of green grass it seemed, besides in the ruin grounds, next to the train line. It started to rain so we wandered back through the market to our hotel, where Danielle learnt how to play Uka(not sure of spelling).
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