Bali Monkey Encounter Highlights Traveler's Fear of Monkeys
An Australian traveler recounts multiple unsettling encounters with monkeys while visiting Indonesia. The author, who admits a fear of monkeys (pithecophobia), describes a monkey hissing at them on a spa boardwalk in a rainforest, another watching them on a beach, and a particularly vivid incident at Bali’s Uluwatu Temple where a monkey seized the author's sunglasses and later returned them for bananas. The piece also notes that monkeys have taken phones and a tube of sunscreen from visitors in similar settings.
The narrative underscores the author's mixed feelings toward wildlife, combining admiration for most animals with a personal aversion to primates, and serves as a cautionary anecdote for travelers in regions where macaques are common.
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- [● 3 SOURCES] A monkey snatched the author's sunglasses at Bali’s Uluwatu Temple. www.smh.com.au · www.brisbanetimes.com.au · www.theage.com.au
- [● 3 SOURCES] The author has a fear of monkeys (pithecophobia). www.smh.com.au · www.brisbanetimes.com.au · www.theage.com.au
- [● 3 SOURCES] A monkey hissed at the author on a spa boardwalk in an Indonesian rainforest. www.smh.com.au · www.brisbanetimes.com.au · www.theage.com.au
- [● 3 SOURCES] Monkeys have taken phones from visitors in Indonesia. www.smh.com.au · www.brisbanetimes.com.au · www.theage.com.au
- [● 3 SOURCES] Monkeys have taken a tube of sunscreen from a visitor in an Indonesian rainforest. www.smh.com.au · www.brisbanetimes.com.au · www.theage.com.au