Geckos

Here in Haiti, we have lots of little geckos running around. They're pretty much harmless, and I actually find them to be quite interesting little characters. There are probably as many geckos here as we have squirrels at home. They climb all over the trees, as well as the walls of houses. I'm told that if you pick them up by the tail, their tail will fall off and if you step on them, they just go flat and their guts don't squish out. I think that's pretty cool.
When we were at the hotel last Sunday, I saw two pretty big lizards walking around on the pool patio and no, they weren't anyone's pets. It really caught me off guard, cuz I've never see big lizards out in the wild before!