Everyone either has one themselves, or knows someone who has one, that is, a rubber plant in their house. I gave mine away to Jen before I left, and at the time was extremely proud of the fact it stood 3 feet tall. Check out this one in Entebbe! Bit bigger than in temperate US suburbs...
Speaking of big...this is an Orb Spider, called so because when the sun shines thru it from above it glows, like an orb, I guess. They were EVERYWHERE in the thick forest, and were about 5 or 6 inches from front to rear legs. Not a place for an arachnophobe. sorry bout the gray streak...(photobucket hiccup)
This is the patch of forest that according to local Entebbe legend, the original soundless Tarzan, King of the Jungle film was shot. Sounded good atleast. I have a hard time believing that Hollywood actors would have crossed the ocean, risked malaria and hostile tribes to come here to this tiny patch of woods where Orb Spiders reign, for the purpose of shooting a cheezy movie. But you can see its quite African-esque in appearance. (For some reason, Photobucket, which SUCKS!!! has decided to invert this picture, I have tried to correct it, so hopefully you see the image right-side-up, otherwise feel free to stand on your head and view.)
I have many more pictures that are equally or more interesting/boring as these, but with the horrid internet connection here in Chad it takes about 35 minutes to upload each picture, so we'll see how my patience goes. Goodnight.
3 comments:
Woody? Woody? Thanks man, really appreciate it, glad to know I come across as such a masculine figure. I'll have to work on that one. Think I'm gonna go shoot something, then eat it. See ya.
I can totally see Woody playing you. The best scene would be him nervously talking himself out of a lynching in Chad for taking pictures, "ooh, uhh, come on fellas, it's just a camera, I just wanted a shot of her ankles uhh, ooh. Praise allah?" Hells yeah.
I hate you both. Really
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