The Zoo

Lately I feel like I live in a zoo. We have more animals in our yard and near our house than I would have thought possible. We have ants all over almost everywhere. In the kitchen, on the floor, in my bed sometimes. But they're not that bad. We have dogs and cats. Lately, we've had chickens and chicks, and even a rooster in our yard. I don't know how the chickens can get through our gate. . .

We've always had geckos (little lizards) which I like. We've always had toukays (bigger lizards - maybe 10 inches long?). One night I came downstairs to pee in the middle of the night. There was a big toukay on the wall in our living room. I was a little surprised!

It is rainy season now, which is GREAT! I love the rain! But it's also (I think) bringing frogs and toads to our house. They're always by our gate, so when I go at night to lock the gate, I can't see them until they start hopping. Yuck. Thankfully we don't have any big gross bugs - like cockroaches.

We still have the cats and dogs. And kittens which are actually a little cute.

I think tomorrow I'm going to the Lao Zoo! I've wanted to go for a while. It's about 2 hours away from Vientiane.

Speaking of animals, I hope this doesn't bother anyone too much. I went to my friend's house the other day. When I arrived, her nephew shoved a long stick with a small lizard hanging on the end by a string in my face. The string was tied around his neck, and I thought he was dead. But then the nephew tried to make the lizard walk on the ground and climb the tree, which it could actually do, so it was still alive. I asked my friend, and she said when she was young she always used to tie lizards to the end of strings to play with them for a couple of hours. Kinda mean, but the little boy was sure having fun!