Monkeys, monkeys, everywhere!

One of the main streets of Ubud is called Jalan Monkey Forest. Turns out it is so named because it abuts a monkey forest. The Monkey Forest Sancutary, in fact. As you might imagine, it is filled to the brim with monkeys, orangutans in particular.

One of the attractions is that you can buy a bunch of bananas and feed them to the monkeys. I'm pretty averse to giving food to crafty and quick primates, though, so I watched other tourists do this part. The monkeys were quite fast and several times I and others had to jump out of the way during minor banana skirmishes. In addition to the monkeys themselves, there were a lot of monkey statues, including one that I thought was an interesting choice.

Beyond the monkeys, there is a holy spring that we hiked down to. Here, there were really neat komodo dragon sculptures that we decided to have fun with.

It was also a jungly environment, with things growing absolutely everywhere. And, on one of my hottest days in Bali, a welcome source of shade!