{"id":7636,"date":"2013-02-08T21:38:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/?p=7636"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:14:14","slug":"monkey-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2013\/02\/08\/monkey-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You often find quite a few Toque Macaques hanging out around the temples and shrines in Sri Lanka. They seem to enjoy the natural surroundings, but they also seem happy to snatch and eat whatever offerings pilgrims have left behind, whether flowers or food.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7563\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2013\/02\/08\/monkey-business\/20130208-lr-_mg_5386ai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5386AI.avif\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) Grooming at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) Grooming at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) Grooming at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5386AI.avif\" src=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5386AI.avif\" alt=\"Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) Grooming at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7563\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) Grooming at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7578\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7578\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2013\/02\/08\/monkey-business\/20130208-lr-_mg_5468ai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5468AI.avif\" data-orig-size=\"333,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5468AI.avif\" src=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5468AI.avif\" alt=\"Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7578\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7576\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2013\/02\/08\/monkey-business\/20130208-lr-_mg_5465ai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5465AI.avif\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) Flexing at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) Flexing at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) Flexing at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5465AI.avif\" src=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208-LR-_MG_5465AI.avif\" alt=\"Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) Flexing at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) Flexing at the Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Sri Lanka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also stopped by a herb garden on our travels today.  I knew it was going to be a sales pitch the moment I hopped out of the car and a personal tour guide greeted me.  He showed me all kinds of things growing, including vanilla, cocoa, coconut, nutmeg, turmeric, almonds, and lots more.  He also discussed how each was used for medicinal purposes in traditional Sri Lankan Ayurveda alternative medicine.  Of course, by the end he was pitching products from their pharmacy.  I politely declined, and he graciously backed off, but then he prodded me for a tip.  On the way out, my driver slipped me a free bottle of potion, so I suspect there was some incentive for him to bring me there.  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