{"id":2955,"date":"2021-09-01T22:48:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2021-09-02T04:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:45:27","slug":"a-simian-visitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2021\/a-simian-visitor\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simian Visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One morning this week Charlotte and Catherine were downstairs on the second floor playing when an unexpected visitor appeared on our balcony. It was a rather large monkey which knocked over our mango picker and then fled the scene of the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/VID_20210902_101307.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While monkeys are certainly common in Cambodia it&#8217;s rare to see them wandering around Phnom Penh where they usually stick close to sanctuaries like pagodas. This is the first time that we&#8217;ve seen monkeys in our neighborhood since we moved here. We think that the same monkey was hanging out near our Peace Coordinator&#8217;s apartment the day before (which is where the photos came from) but we don&#8217;t know where it came from before then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667524_121.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2957\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667524_121.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?attachment_id=2957\" class=\"wp-image-2957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667524_121.jpg 963w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667524_121-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667524_121-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667524_121-409x300.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667522_121-1024x857.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2958\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667522_121.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?attachment_id=2958\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667522_121-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667522_121-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667522_121-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667522_121-359x300.jpg 359w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667522_121.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667523_120.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2959\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667523_120.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?attachment_id=2959\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667523_120.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667523_120-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6152154096329667523_120-421x300.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild monkeys are actually very dangerous and this was quite a large one. We&#8217;re glad that the girls were safely inside when it visited our balcony and that there was no direct contact with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/191386876_10159724664214589_162288817192101421_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" width=\"356\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/191386876_10159724664214589_162288817192101421_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/191386876_10159724664214589_162288817192101421_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/191386876_10159724664214589_162288817192101421_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/191386876_10159724664214589_162288817192101421_n-630x840.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/191386876_10159724664214589_162288817192101421_n-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/191386876_10159724664214589_162288817192101421_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption>And for those who were worried, let me reassure you that the mango picker is fine.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One morning this week Charlotte and Catherine were downstairs on the second floor playing when an unexpected visitor appeared on our balcony. It was a rather large monkey which knocked over our mango picker and then fled the scene of the crime. 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