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Cambodian Menagerie: Monkeys
If nothing else, this trip has taught me two things: I feel most relaxed when I'm on the beach and I LOVE MONKEYS. I'd always though they were cute, funny, little guys, but seriously, I think they may be my favorite animal of the entire kingdom. Thus, nothing could be more exciting than to motoscoot through Sinhoukville and find a colony of monkeys, conveniently located across from a small soda/snack stand on the side of the road.
We initially pulled over to buy a Coke and maybe take a picture or two, but were thrilled when the mom/snack stand owner offered us peanuts, and told us to feed the monkeys and "take lots of photos."
Her daughter, the sweet two year old above, graciously supplied us with peanuts and salt, while the baby monkeys would run up to us and eat out of our hands. 
We weren't allowed to feed the adults, as they were much to aggressive, but that was fine by me. 
Their teeny paws would grip the peanuts and quickly shovel them into their mouths, before any of the other monkeys could greedily snatch them away. 
This one in particular took so many, that he started storing them in a pouch off to the side of his mouth, to eat later. 
While we fed the baby monkeys, the road-side snack owner defended her shack from big guys like the ones above. They would swoop down and try and steal the bananas, but she would scare them by thrashing at the tarp with a large stick. The final score: 0 monkeys harmed, 1 banana absconded.
If nothing else, this trip has taught me two things: I feel most relaxed when I'm on the beach and I LOVE MONKEYS. I'd always though they were cute, funny, little guys, but seriously, I think they may be my favorite animal of the entire kingdom. Thus, nothing could be more exciting than to motoscoot through Sinhoukville and find a colony of monkeys, conveniently located across from a small soda/snack stand on the side of the road.
We initially pulled over to buy a Coke and maybe take a picture or two, but were thrilled when the mom/snack stand owner offered us peanuts, and told us to feed the monkeys and "take lots of photos."
Her daughter, the sweet two year old above, graciously supplied us with peanuts and salt, while the baby monkeys would run up to us and eat out of our hands. 
We weren't allowed to feed the adults, as they were much to aggressive, but that was fine by me. 
Their teeny paws would grip the peanuts and quickly shovel them into their mouths, before any of the other monkeys could greedily snatch them away. 
This one in particular took so many, that he started storing them in a pouch off to the side of his mouth, to eat later. 
While we fed the baby monkeys, the road-side snack owner defended her shack from big guys like the ones above. They would swoop down and try and steal the bananas, but she would scare them by thrashing at the tarp with a large stick. The final score: 0 monkeys harmed, 1 banana absconded.
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