Jun 14, 2017
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Monkey Mountain - Chopsticks Hill (Khao Takiab)
Hua Hin
Monkey Mountain
Today, I was peacefully writing homework when suddenly I thought “let’s go hike monkey mountain”, and a second later I was already preparing my backpack. A rash decision maybe, but it was an awesome experience. At around 2 pm I started walking, and in less than 5 minutes I had already seen around 10 macaques, sitting around the scooters in the parking lot. One of them started pulling my backpack, but a scolding in Spanish later he just stopped and sat still. There wasn’t much people, a lot of monkeys, nice weather, resting stations with free tea, and many paths to take. Most of the time I walked the more foresty-paths, the ones with less people and almost signalization. At times I got nervous when i passed groups of monkeys with no people around, but the little guys would just look at me; they would neither run away or approach me, I walked next to them and they’d just stare at me. I thought this was their normal behavior, until I saw later on 2 persons being robbed by the tricky monkeys. One was a woman also walking by herself behind me. We passed a lonely monkey who just stared at me, but when she passed, he took something from her and started pulling on her dress. A man nearby grabbed a stick and tried to shoo the monkey away, but he got even more pissed off and started hissing at the man; I don’t now why but I stepped in and said “hey” at the monkey in a serious voice, and he stared at me and just walked away… In conclusion, I think I might be some sort of monkey mistress or something. I thank my monkey powers for letting me approach the little guys without putting stress on any of us, and because it gave me courage to explore the hardest routes, that had no people and therefore were the most peaceful ones. I’m glad the lady incident and another one of a monkey stealing a man’s bread where the only ones I saw, because I didn’t run from the city’s human drama to look at monkey drama (?). I saw many pretty plants (including banyan trees), two barking deers, butterflied, squirrels and of course, monkeys. Took over 4 hours walking and I’m tired as heck, but it was a nice experience I hope to repeat.
Monkey Mountain