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During our short stay in Hua Hin we took the chance to visit the Khao Takiab hill, also known as monkey mountain or Chopstick hill. On top of the hill is the Wat Khao Lad temple, which is also known as the monkey temple, because of the many monkeys that live there. There are several ways to reach the top of the mountain and Khao Lad temple. One is walking the stairs, the other is taking the road by taxi, tuk tuk or motorbike. Walking your way up the stairs will give you some very rewarding views of Hua Hin, North of Khao Takiab. On a clear day, you can see as far as Cha-Am beach. A large number of macaque monkeys live on top of the mountain. This is an excellent opportunity to see them from very close and a lot better than in a zoo, since they live free here and are not contained in cages. The monkeys are curious animals and pretty cheeky. They like to grab things and if they know you have food somewhere, they will try to get it. Although they are used to people, they are still wild animals, do not try to touch them, as they might bite you. There are 23 species of macaques are widespread over Earth. Macaques have a very intricate social structure and hierarchy. If a macaque of a lower level in the social chain has eaten berries and none are left for a higher-level macaque, then the one higher in status can, within this social organization, remove the berries from the other monkey's mouth. Nearly all pet and captive macaques are carriers of the herpes B virus. This virus is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal, a risk that makes macaques unsuitable as pets.

The chopstick hill in Hua Hin in Thailand is also called Monkey Mountain. It is home to many macaques that possibly do not even know that they have chosen a spot with one of the best views of the coast. It was so easy to get there and super funny to see the monkeys. Especially the cool ones that jumped off the rocks into the water were great!

Khao Takiab is één van de populairste bezienswaardigheden in Hua Hin. De vertaling van Khoa Takiab is Chopstick Mountain. Het kan zijn dat het ook wordt aangeduid als Monkey Mountain. Dit komt door de vele makaken die op de berg leven. De berg is ook de thuisbasis van de tempel op de top van de heuvel. Het begin van de klim naar de tempel wordt gemarkeerd door een grote bel en een trap naar het belangrijkste heiligdom. Dit heiligdom heeft een structuur die lijkt op een pagode. Ze biedt een sensationeel uitzicht op het strand van Hua Hin. De tempel en haar bezoekers zijn niet bang van apen. Ze voelen zich er vrij rustig. Langs het strand waren deze Makaken, of ook wel Java-aap genoemd, behoorlijk aanwezig. Deze soort staat erom bekend dat hij zich graag in en om het water ophoudt. Ze lusten namelijk krab. De Makaken worden veel gebruikt voor medisch onderzoek, omdat de genen veel lijken op die van de mens. In 1990 werd ontdekt dat de makaken dragers zijn van het Herpes-B virus. De makaken zelf hebben er geen last van, maar als de mens ermee wordt geïnfecteerd, kan het de dood tot gevolg hebben.

Taken in: Thailand / Prachuap Khiri Khan / Hua Hin (show map)

Taken on: July 21, 2015

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