The local wildlife.

When people go to another part of the world, they usually hope to see, among other amazing sites, animals and other such natural things that they don't get to see at home. I have sent you photos of monkeys and macaws. But in the past few weeks, I've been able to add some other beasts to my list.


We went out to the backwoods to visit a student on his farm. He showed us something his cousin brought back from a day in the forest. They call it a tigre. I think it's actually a jaguar or something.


Every night, as I come and go from my apartment, I can see all the geckos that live in the building. They really like my building. Last night, I counted fourteen on the porch. I only captured four in this picture. They don't like to hold still for photo shoots. By the way, geckos are not nearly as cute in person as they are on tv.


One day, Anna came running to tell me about the tarantula she had found. Although I am afraid of spiders, I got my camera out and got close enough to get a picture. Then I scurried away!


This little guy lives in the flower bed outside my house. Anna says he's poisonous. I don't remember what the name of it is.


A tribe (is that what you call them?) of monkeys lives down by the river. Every now and then, we go down to see them.

So there they are, some proof of the wild things I've seen down here. Real wild things, not just teenage boys.

So I've started a blog...

Why? I'm not really sure. I send a letter to my friends and supporters, via email, periodically, and I have pictures available on my Picasa page and my Facebook page. So I kinda feel that a blog is superfluous. But I also have this idea that it will provide a useful outlet for my pictures and thoughts, in that it will allow me to write and share the little random thing that make my days interesting, but are too numerous and trivial to make it into my bi-weekly "articles". But will anyone want to read it, I wonder? Who knows? Perhaps the important thing is that I have a record of these thoughts, and will be able to keep them for myself for the future. So, reader, read on, if you like. You now have your choice of reading material from me. If nothing else, it gives (some of) you something to look at when you are sneaking a peak at the internet at work