Monday, October 8, 2012

Lounge lizard

How handsome is this guy?

He has a matching yellow stripe on his tail and a slightly startling habit of performing violent push-ups when disturbed.

The girls aren't as colourful and spend most of their time scuttling away from the males.

I think they're a bit startled by the push-ups too.

La - a note to follow sew

Work is a pleasant stroll from my hotel - past the the onion sellers (apparently it's onion season), over the broken bridge to the fire station, past the machete-wielding coconut seller and the political enthusiast in party pyjamas who sells flags, past the man doing a tidy trade fixing tyres on the shady side of the road and finally past the cane furniture sellers. Behind them are Mr Daniel and Mr Charles who have a huge market garden and don't mind a chat about vegies.

A few days ago, I was walking behind this very mobile tailor - with a sewing machine on his shoulder, swishing scissors alerting potential customers (and surely, a song in his heart).