Monkeys

Not too far from the TEFL school here, there is an Observatory Mountain that has most of Phuket’s TV broadcast towers at the top. But the awesome part is that the mountain is home to thousands of monkeys.

There is a 2 km trail cut through the jungle to the top of the mountain, and as go further down the trail, there are more and more monkeys swinging from the trees, lounging in the grass, and following in packs anyone who is making the ascent. I had heard that the monkeys will start to accost you, especially if you have any fruit or try to take photos of them, but I found them pretty friendly. And definitely not camera shy.

In addition to the monkeys, the view from the top of the mountain really made the hike worthwhile. We could see most of the west coast of Phuket as well as some of the nearby islands in the Andaman Sea.

Today marks the halfway point of my TEFL course and it’s been going really well so far. I’ll be going to Koh Phi Phi this weekend, a beautiful little island near Phuket, and also the location where The Beach was filmed. Pretty excited about that. I’ll end here by wishing a happy Thanksgiving to all of you back in the States.