A fly in your soup? Pah, there was a monkey in my restaurant

It has been called to my attention that I forgot to mention about the monkeys. When you get out to the temples, there are lots of monkeys running around. Just on the edges of the road, they run alongside the tuk tuks but they're not bothering anyone. They just live in the jungle and so you see them now and again. 

But today, I went with two other volunteers, Nicholas from Belgium and Barbara from Oxford, to a Burmese restaurant on our street. The food was lovely and all the dishes were $2!! We got up from lunch, turned around to leave and in the entranceway, sat a monkey. He seemed pretty relaxed, just leaning on the first step that leads into the restaurant. He acted like a regular.

And sure enough, the staff came over and brought him peanuts. 

He munched away, strategically removing the skin of the peanut with his tongue and spitting it out. And when he finished, he hopped up on the nearby cooler. We thought maybe he'd like a beer on this hot afternoon.

J.