More excitement! I saw a snake that I think was poisonous as it looks like the Barba Amarilla (Fer de Lance), The most dangerous in Guatemala. The good news is it eats mice and rodents the bad news, is I saw this baby snake inside when I went to put a book away. Aimee asked me the color and I said green—oh she said probably not poisonous but I knew it wasn’t a plain old garter snake. I had thought that I was going to see a snake this vacation I just thought it would be outside hiking not inside around the Mayan books.
The small snake seem to jump out at me in a lurching fashion aimed more toward the floor than thankfully at me. Snakes are an auspicious Mayan symbol. I let out a quick scream and ran out into the main hallway into Hilary who was finally able to greet me after our silent breakfast with a “Happy Thanksgiving, Kris!” She must have missed the scream. I gave her a quick hug as I said to the staff members that were looking on curiously after hearing the scream 'that there is a snake in there.' They assured me later that they got it but I don’t believe it for a moment. That little guy had headed out or behind somewhere. I inquired of one of the men who was waiting for the boat for Pana—“yes, we caught it!” He assured me. What color was it, I quizzed. “Black and white”—well then that wasn’t the snake I saw. “Adios Amiga!” He hurried away as the boat arrived.
Hor-hay (George) at the front desk, already annoyed with me because of needing to change a massage appointment that was booked with the wrong person, shrugged at the thought of a poisonous snake slithering around. “So, they eat rodents. We are in their place—they live here. This is their space” We are the visitors.( I am guessing that the snake I saw is the one described below.)
(This snake is the "barba amarilla" (yellow beard). Often found near thick bodied lowland rain forest near waterways and is very common in agricultural and urban areas where it often enters houses in search of rodents.Along with its closely related species the Fer-de-Lance snake is very dangerous to man and is responsible for many deaths, partly because it tends to live near humans. It has an irritable disposition and strikes with very little provocation and so fast that the eye can hardly follow it. )
HMM was this the snake that I saw and what is he trying to tell me??
Overall though it was a quiet introspective day on this Thanksgiving 2016. Where have I come from, What have I done, How can I do things better. That is really all we can ask ourselves, right?
The small snake seem to jump out at me in a lurching fashion aimed more toward the floor than thankfully at me. Snakes are an auspicious Mayan symbol. I let out a quick scream and ran out into the main hallway into Hilary who was finally able to greet me after our silent breakfast with a “Happy Thanksgiving, Kris!” She must have missed the scream. I gave her a quick hug as I said to the staff members that were looking on curiously after hearing the scream 'that there is a snake in there.' They assured me later that they got it but I don’t believe it for a moment. That little guy had headed out or behind somewhere. I inquired of one of the men who was waiting for the boat for Pana—“yes, we caught it!” He assured me. What color was it, I quizzed. “Black and white”—well then that wasn’t the snake I saw. “Adios Amiga!” He hurried away as the boat arrived.
Hor-hay (George) at the front desk, already annoyed with me because of needing to change a massage appointment that was booked with the wrong person, shrugged at the thought of a poisonous snake slithering around. “So, they eat rodents. We are in their place—they live here. This is their space” We are the visitors.( I am guessing that the snake I saw is the one described below.)
(This snake is the "barba amarilla" (yellow beard). Often found near thick bodied lowland rain forest near waterways and is very common in agricultural and urban areas where it often enters houses in search of rodents.Along with its closely related species the Fer-de-Lance snake is very dangerous to man and is responsible for many deaths, partly because it tends to live near humans. It has an irritable disposition and strikes with very little provocation and so fast that the eye can hardly follow it. )
HMM was this the snake that I saw and what is he trying to tell me??
Overall though it was a quiet introspective day on this Thanksgiving 2016. Where have I come from, What have I done, How can I do things better. That is really all we can ask ourselves, right?
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