Rampaging Gang Invades Our Home in Kathmandu

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A loud crash on the patio announced their arrival. We ran to the windows and looked out. We were surrounded! There were at least 8 of them....

A loud crash on the patio announced their arrival.


We ran to the windows and looked out. We were surrounded! There were at least 8 of them. But not to worry, this is a daily happening for us. The "gang" is a large family of Rhesus Macaque, the temple monkeys of Nepal (and India).
Can you spot the youngster eating the trumpet flowers?

A large adult is watching the young one.


Snapdragons are yummy too
Before we moved to Kathmandu I had dreams of growing fruit trees much like Southern California. The climate is very similar. It seems that anything you thrown into the soil here will sprout. But the first time I saw the monkeys demolish our papaya tree I realized dreams of fruit trees at our Kathmandu home would be fool's errand. 

Not every home in Kathmandu is like this, but we seem to be on daily migration route of this particular troop of monkeys. Some say they are part of this group: Gangs of Swayambhu 

Years ago when they attacked the papaya tree, I went outside banging a pot and yelling at them. The largest one only paused a moment and barred his teeth at me. At that moment I did not think I was such a great ape and retreated inside. 


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