If you were going down this river in a rubber raft...would you get closer to the crocodile [View all]

[Mira]

If you were going down this river in a rubber raft...would you get closer to the crocodile
or the Jesus Lizzard?

The river is, as you will see in the photos (I hope) both pastoral and dangerous in a rubber raft.




Slow moving, pretty shallow for most of the way except for at the end, when a second branch combines with it. From there, our guide said, in a few hours we would be in Guatemala





Nice folks at the shore ("puedo tomar una fotografia por favor", said with a smile, has so far gotten me a yes every time)



We saw 8 alligators. One huge one slithered into the water ahead of our boat. i could not take its picture
YIKES





This here is the Jesus Lizzard. So called because he can walk on water for about 9 meters or so at a frenzied speed. Then he swims.