attack of the monkeys

there's a lot of monkeys around Gokulam, they seem to me to be liking the idea of an "organised" society, and maybe wanting to join in. there was one little guy up on our balcony, rummaging through a bag, looking very much like a small, agile human (or maybe that's just my view of the world and humans are just large, slow moving monkeys?)

up and down the street the monkeys were in various fun activities, the street being setup perfectly for monkey business - a lot of large trees providing a canopy of foliage for the entire street...why they turn up when they do is a mystery at the moment, at least to me. there's been a couple of days of heavy monkey action, one being two days back - they play happy mayhem with all types of monkey activity, including attempted procreation, for all of 20 seconds across the road in a tree...

i had some almonds that ants had gotten to, which proved the perfect temptation for a monkey photo shoot on our balcony. with eyes much bigger than stomachs, they'd keep coming for more and more almonds, until their cheeks bulged...here's some shots of the monkeys...