The animals and the insects definitely live in harmony with the people in this little town. Every morning, as we are walking to the beach, we feel like we are living a farm.
Our mornings start with the roosters. Sunrise is their time to sing - 5:30 am. During our first few days, we got to know a rooster that was a little bit off schedule. He would start at 6:15 am and would continue until 7:30 with 15-minute intervals. He was a true SNOOZE (that you can’t turn off).
On our way to the beach, we first greet the horses that are just outside of our Pousada. Then we run into the donkeys on the grass knoll between the beach and the town. They are very calm animals when they are not trying to talk to you. Especially the little ones... They do everything not to get into the water. Next to the donkeys, there are usually some big horned bulls. They all feed organically on any grass they can find. We are very aware of their diet as we walk by their disposals constantly... :)
Of course you are always welcomed by the dogs and the cats of the neighborhood. Dogs are definitely more friendly than the cats.
Another regular in the town is the gecko. We have them in our bedroom walls (there are no solid roofs so there is an opening between the walls and the roof). Sometimes they even climb into our ceiling lamps. They can be a bit clumsy from time to time as we have experienced it tonight. We were comfortably reading our books, out on the balcony. All of a sudden we both felt something falling on us. I think I jumped about 6 feet away from the sofa that we were sitting within a second. That was when I saw one gecko jumping right back up to the wall and another one jumping down from my shoulder to the ground. We still don’t know what scared them the most - falling on humans or a jumping and a screaming woman!
We also have toads and frogs here. They only show at night time, mostly around the pool. The little frogs usually wait for us in our bathroom or the shower. They really can jump far and fast!
Well... these are the daily animals we see. As far as the insects go, one definitely becomes close friends with ants because they are EVERYWHERE at every size! The big ones are a little scary. If you accidently kill one, it takes only few seconds for the rest of the crew to come out, search the premises, and carry the corpse back home. Spiders... the ones we see are small (luckily)... And of course, as expected, they have already found me enough times - one walking on my arm and another walking on my leg. Those of you who know how much I don’t like spiders can imagine my panic at the moment when I had them on my body! The last insect that we met tonight was a worm... They are really small - actually so small that when they get under your skin you can hardly see them. Luckily we have a swiss army card (not the knife) to create miracles with. Surgeon: Derek Lueck, Nurse: Nesrin Umur Lueck, Patient: Derek Lueck.
We are definitely getting used to living with all our new friends in harmony...
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