giant squirrels!
apparently they have them here, although after offering this tantalizing piece of information, Lonely Planet fails to say how big the squirrel is. Could it be as big as a person? Is it just a bit bigger than a normal squirrel and therefore not worth hiring a jeep and hunting down whilst wearing a beige safari suit?
Yes folks, that's right, it's still all about the animals here in sunny India.
This morning there was a moth on the wall outside our room that was at least as big as my hand.
The other day I went to go to the loo and there was a frog in the toilet, which then swam away down the U-bend (I left it a decent amount of get-away time after that before returning to do what I originally intended). Actually that room was infested with frogs, and we had to get the hotel owner to come in and reassure us that they aren't in fact poisonous (I mean they were red, it was a legitimate concern).
I saw a dead sea snake on the beach. Nasty looking thing, apparently they're very poisonous but have feeble teeth and are very timid around swimmers. Which reassures me.
The cows and the dogs are endlessly entertaining. Picture it, you're lying on the beach and a gang of cows wanders past. Then a dog starts chasing them. Five minutes later they're all coming back the other way, although this time it's the cows chasing the dogs. It amuses me intensely. We also saw a full on bullfight on the beach the other day, with some crazy person getting upclose with their camcorder and filming it. the dogs were right in there then as well, was imagining they were shouting 'scrap, scrap, scrap', Amanda reckons the dogs here are like chavs. She has a point, they are always right in there if there's a fight going on.
The final thing? Oh yes, crabs. Loads of 'em. Keyhole crabs are really cute (I think that's what they're called) they make tiny little holes in the sand which they scuttle in and out of. But there are all kinds and the way they move is so amusing.
apparently they have them here, although after offering this tantalizing piece of information, Lonely Planet fails to say how big the squirrel is. Could it be as big as a person? Is it just a bit bigger than a normal squirrel and therefore not worth hiring a jeep and hunting down whilst wearing a beige safari suit?
Yes folks, that's right, it's still all about the animals here in sunny India.
This morning there was a moth on the wall outside our room that was at least as big as my hand.
The other day I went to go to the loo and there was a frog in the toilet, which then swam away down the U-bend (I left it a decent amount of get-away time after that before returning to do what I originally intended). Actually that room was infested with frogs, and we had to get the hotel owner to come in and reassure us that they aren't in fact poisonous (I mean they were red, it was a legitimate concern).
I saw a dead sea snake on the beach. Nasty looking thing, apparently they're very poisonous but have feeble teeth and are very timid around swimmers. Which reassures me.
The cows and the dogs are endlessly entertaining. Picture it, you're lying on the beach and a gang of cows wanders past. Then a dog starts chasing them. Five minutes later they're all coming back the other way, although this time it's the cows chasing the dogs. It amuses me intensely. We also saw a full on bullfight on the beach the other day, with some crazy person getting upclose with their camcorder and filming it. the dogs were right in there then as well, was imagining they were shouting 'scrap, scrap, scrap', Amanda reckons the dogs here are like chavs. She has a point, they are always right in there if there's a fight going on.
The final thing? Oh yes, crabs. Loads of 'em. Keyhole crabs are really cute (I think that's what they're called) they make tiny little holes in the sand which they scuttle in and out of. But there are all kinds and the way they move is so amusing.
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