Then we went to the holy monkey forest to see the over 800 makokairis monkeys which are gray with long tails. We had a tour with a local guide. There are 202 small shops of which only a quarter were open due to the decreased tourism since the bombings. Typically a local guide from each shop has 3-4 tours a day, yet now it is once every 3-4 days. We were informed that the Monkey Temple is actually for the people and not the monkeys, but plenty of them seemed to be praying there today.