Monkey See, Monkey Do. Crazy Monkey Day.

These top images are some of Lia's from the day. She got some stuff I thought was worth showing, and was kind enough to let me use it.

On the motorbikes we ran into a storm. This was beforehand as we saw it coming in on us. As hard as we tried, we weren't able to escape it's path. No worries though, we stopped in for a coffee and waited for it to clear.

This was right across the street from the Scandinavian Village in Bang Sean (the town we visited for the day). It's a coastal town, yet they chose to build their complex in the middle of nowhere, with a nothing view. Hmm..

Momma and Baby monkey love. It was so cute to see the way they carried the babies, either on their backs or their bellies, depending on if they were feeding we think.

View from the top of the street. Monkeys, birds, dogs, cars, people; take your pick.

Man, it was windy on the beach! A couple of times it nearly knocked me off the rocks!!

This past weekend we took the motorbikes to a beach town just about 15 minutes north of Si Racha. It was unbelievable how different it was from our city. Very very Westernized, and I'm not really sure why. Restaurants, sidewalks and everything in between. Although this was very odd, the most interesting things for me were the monkeys in the mountains and the tide. This was the first time I ran into a group of monkeys in Thailand. It was really fun and pretty cool, but slightly intimidating. Some of them were calm and enjoying their time, while others were jumping on cars, stealing food and hopping about. Those were the ones that concerned me. It was fascinating to watch them interact with one another and with the artificial world. A parked motorbike might have monkeys crawling on it, they were running up and down the streets while simultaneously swinging from vines and trees like I would expect. Man, can they jump and swing themselves!! It was quite a sight.

We arrived around 2:30 in the afternoon, and at that time the tide was out. Really out. Probably 200 yards from the rocks and the water line. When we came back around 6, it was still coming in, but had reached the rocks. So unbelievable! I've never been around a tide that was so severe. It was jaw-dropping. 

This town in many ways didn't make any sense. There was a huge Scandinavian "Village" on the map, so we went to check it what turned out to be nothing more than a huge apartment complex in the middle of nowhere. What??? Why??? I find myself constantly pondering, as many things don't make sense here. It was modern, for sure, but still managed to have trash everywhere and very desolate areas; sick, stray dogs and wild monkeys. 

It will be a fantastic evening trip in a couple months though, once the rain is over and the sea pretties up!

People on the beach. Most of the coastline was met by a rock sea wall, but there were about 500 yards of actual beach. It will be very nice and convenient for me soon!

This is my favorite. Their facial features and body language remind me so much of a couple of old men. 

On the seawall when the tide was out. The entire area you see is mud. No water at all.

A couple of hours later the water came all the way up to the rocks. It was crazy!

People walking and boats sitting in the mud. There were several people out there, some were all the way out towards the water, but many were here and digging. Maybe for fish?! I couldn't see any, but they were digging for something..

More boats. The city in the background is where I live, Si Racha.

At sunset we took the motorbikes out to the end of the pier. Something else I'm sure you can't do in many places outside of Thailand. Pretty cool, though.