IN PICTURES: MONKEYS IN ASIA (PART 2)

Following up on my first post two weeks ago, here is Part 2 of monkeys in Asia...

This monkey sits outside the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, India, looking contemplative.

These monkeys also sit outside the Dalai Lama's residence (well, about a mile away) and, rather than looking contemplative, are playing a fierce game of "king of the dumpsters".  Several fights broke out during my brief time of observation.

Just to the left of the dumpsters, other monkeys took to roosting on a road sign.

(Before we leave Dharamsala, here is one more shot of a more contemplative-looking monkey.) 

Now we travel to the Indian town of Pushkar, where monkeys indulge in thievery, roof jumping, and group sex.  The one above sits on the balcony above my guesthouse room.

This one sits on the wall of the guesthouse.

And this one sits directly across from my open door.  Ostensibly, he was playing with weeds growing in the drainage pipe.  But I suspect he was waiting for me to fall asleep (I had a high fever this day and was mostly in bed) so as to launch a raid into my room and pillage my belongings.  When I did close my eyes for a few seconds, I reopened them to find him stepping into the room.

Meanwhile, on the wall opposite my room, most monkeys were otherwise engaged.

Here in the Indian city of Rishikesh, monkeys were everywhere, including on this well-trafficked footbridge over the Ganges River.  In all likelihood, the ancestors of these monkeys would have seen the Beatles, who spent the summer of '68 in Rishikesh.

To go to PART ONE of this serious, click HERE.