Lopburi

We left Ayutthaya and made our way, by a series of buses, to Lopburi, which is a small town a bit off the usual tourist trail.

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Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters A Thai person released a bird from a cage for good luck in Lopburi province, Thailand, on Wednesday.

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Lopburi is famous for its long-tailed macaques who roam freely throughout the town.

PHOTOS: Monkeys Feast On 4 Tons Of Food The Huffington Post 2010

Once a year, Thailand's town of Lopburi prepares a monkey buffet.

PHOTOS: Monkeys Feast On 4 Tons Of Food The Huffington Post 2010

Once a year, Thailand's town of Lopburi prepares a monkey buffet.

Monkey Buffet Festival 2010 In Thailand Serves Over 3 Tons Of Food To Roaming Animals (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Once a year, Thailand's town of Lopburi prepares a monkey buffet.

PHOTOS: Monkeys Feast On 4 Tons Of Food The Huffington Post 2010

Lopburi is famous for its long-tailed macaques who roam freely throughout the town.

PHOTOS: Monkeys Feast On 4 Tons Of Food The Huffington Post 2010

Lopburi is famous for its long-tailed macaques who roam freely throughout the town.

PHOTOS: Monkeys Feast On 4 Tons Of Food The Huffington Post 2010

Written by scientists at Kyoto University, in Japan, and Ubon Rajathanee University and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, it builds on a report from the year 2000 that "two individual Macaca fascicularis monkeys in Lopburi, Thailand used human hair as dental floss."

Improbable research: monkeys – masters of dental flossing 2010

Lopburi is famous for its long-tailed macaques who roam freely throughout the town.

PHOTOS: Monkeys Feast On 4 Tons Of Food The Huffington Post 2010