How to open JUST the top of a coconut?

While in Thailand I so enjoyed a couple of delicious coconuts every day from stands that sold them fresh and skinned. They cracked open the tops enough for a straw to drink the water and a spoon carve out the soft flesh inside the harder meat. It was heaven. I'm trying to replicate that here but I didn't look at just exactly what they did, though i think it involved a machete.

I value my digits, but I'm willing to take a crack at opening them if it can be done to leave the coconut whole with just an opening at the top. Where I live they sell the peeled Thai coconuts but they usually have no top opening. It's a DIY project!

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