Chopstick Hill – Khao Takiab

Chopstick HillAugust 10, 2014

After breakfast Sophon and I headed out to Kaho Takiab – also known as Chopstick Hill or Monkey Mountain.  Along the way I spotted this purple boat and took a picture of Chopstick Hill with the boat in the foreground.  My father had painted a picnic bench almost the same shade of Purple so it reminded me of him and had to take the picture.

The walk along the beach was fascinating from a wild life perspective.  Along the way I say plenty of crabs, baby octopus, hermit crabs, sea anemones, and other things I will be googling when I have the time.

I climbed to the top only to discover that you could take a taxi to the top from the other side. It was a lot of stairs  in 95 degree weather.  I was proud of myself for hiking up it and I set all-time records with my Fitbit and earned a bunch of badges for that (most steps and stairs).  I must say the views of  Hua Hin were worth it and seeing monkeys roam around as opposed to at zoos with cages is fun.  There were a lot of signs about not feeding them and warnings that monkeys like to steal things and not to carry plastic bags which they think contains food.

 

 

 

 

 

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2 thoughts on “Chopstick Hill – Khao Takiab

  1. Jeff H.

    So did you see anyone get attacked or get things stolen from a monkey? Someone not following the warnings?

    • JimG

      When I hiked down the beach, I noticed 4 guys collecting crabs – they had a bag full of them. I saw them up at the top with their bag and remembered being told not to carry a white bags. Later I noticed the monkeys were feeding on a bag of crabs. I didn’t see anything and I was careful myself.

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