Since we had to change the hotel  one last time today we checked out already earlier than needed and left our luggage at the front desk to spent some time at the famous monkey forest of Ubud. It was also the reason why we decided to book a hotel in that region. The monkey forest is, as the name says, a forest with a lot, really a lot, of monkeys. The forest contains two temples and a graveyard is open to the public daily for a small entrance fee. Inside you also have the possibility to buy some cheap bananas to feed the always hungry animals. Unfortunately there are also some people feeding food from outside or even snacks, but most tourists follow the rules.

This little guy was one of our favorites. Right after entering it was “playing” with a coconut right next to us and throwing it into the air to let is burst on the ground. But as it wanted to start eating, the other monkeys, seems like they were just waiting for it to do the job, started to steal the coconut. At least it was able to defend one half and keep it for itself.

Close to the entrance we bought some bananas. Of course we were not able to keep them for long. And so we ended up taking some pictures only about 5 meters away from the sales booth with some monkeys jumping onto Svenja’s shoulder from the wall behind, monkeys climbing up as if she’s just a tree or just monkeys acting like parrots.

After reaching one end we sat down for a little while when suddenly a baby monkey started to climb up on Svenja and sitting on her legs, always observed by its mother which is right behind Svenja. Although we had no food or anything, it just liked to return and play with us.

On our way back we took another path guiding us on wooden platforms along a river where everything was glowing in different green from all the large trees and ferns. We came to the second temple, much smaller than the first one, but with a beautiful stone bridge connecting him to the pathway and partially covered by a massive old tree.

Before leaving, we quickly went to the graveyard, which, to our astonishment, is still in use considering the dates on the tombstones.