d people because the meaning of the monkeys, and the worth goals. (Alexandra)
The monkey feast is the ingenious concept of a hotelier, Yongyuth Kitwattananusont, who first feted the monkeys in 1989. Now, with the sponsorship of Thailand’s Tourism Authority, his spectacle attracts thousands of tourists. Yongyuth attempts to outdo himself each year. He once stuffed himself into a monkey suit and arrived via parachute. The November of 1999, he promises to up last year’s offering: 4,000 kilograms of food. A longstanding second-tier tourist draw, Lop Buri is the site of 10th-century Hindu temples built by a Khmer dynasty. The main temple, strongly resembling the architecture of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, is headquarters for the macaques.