misspent

Today the school organized a crocodile tour for the students. We had to be up bright and early (7:30am) to head out to the river. When we got there, our guides took us onto the boat and we were off. Very quickly into the tour the main guide started pointing out crocodiles on the shore or in the water. They were pretty big and we also saw green iguanas and lots of birds.
But then, just when I thought I had some really great shots of some crocs, we came to the bridge where hundreds of them like to hang out. We beached out boat right next to two giant crocs who the guides called George Bush and Fidel Castro. The crocs were huge and the other guide jumped out on the shore and started feeding them. The noise their jaws made when they slam them shut was insane and quite scary. It is hard to describe but it almost sounded like an aluminium bat hitting something hard (don’t ask why I know what that sounds like). Anyway, the guy was insane and nearly got eaten. They told us that they have had a number of tourists lose fingers/hands while trying to get close up photos, but I risked mine to get some shots for you. Enjoy.

p.s. I haven’t blogged about my amazing trip to el volcan Arenal (Arenal Colvano) but the photos are up.

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