Anti-tourism
Posted: Thu 6 October, 2005 Filed under: Thoughts, Travel 4 Comments »Reason #3,401 to not visit Florida. 20 foot long Burmese Pythons that try to kill and eat an alligator.
OK, not a great result for either of them, but still – definitely a reason to avoid the everglades in my opinion…
they said some previous encounters ended in an apparent draw. who the hell decides that?
is there a that-scottish-referee-geezer-from-gladiators type person judging the contest?
‘PYTHON! Ready?’
‘ALLIGATOR! Ready?’
(this comment is not original, I stole it from a co-worker but it’s funny!)
We went on an airboat ride around the Florida swamps to see alligators. Apparently, letting us just *see* the alligators wasn’t enough for our inbred hick of a tour guide – he thought it was much more fun to sidle up alongside them in the boat and poke them with a stick. Crazy, crazy man, although oddly, he still had all his limbs.
The only thing that keeps me away from the Everglades is an overwhelming desire not to enter the USA, it’s far too full of Yanks for my liking!
Well it looks like the park rangers’ missus will be pleased with the new ‘crocodile shoes’ and snakeskin handbag….