Interesting things on my run this morning

Ok, so, normally when I go on my morning runs, I don't expect to see much. In fact, that's part of the appeal. Just me and the road - not a lot of sun, and especially not a lot of cars / golf carts / mopeds etc to dodge. However, Utila Island (Honduras) seems to be an exception to this rule. Thankfully there weren't a lot of people, but I saw a bunch of interesting things (good thing too because I lost my ipod headphones, so I needed the entertainment):

• a big hawk about 20 feet from me


• some sort of hermit crab grand council - there were about a dozen normal ones surrounding one giant hermit crab. They had not chosen the location of their council very wisely though - it was in the middle of the road. Hopefully the meeting adjourned before traffic picked up


• a hummingbird - one of the few I've seen when not at a hummingbird feeder


• an old Honduran woman wearing a "Hooters" t-shirt. Classy. (Still not quite as good as when I was in Granada and spotted a man wearing a "Warning: educated black woman" t-shirt)


• two Macaws sitting on a branch, happily squawking away


• a snake curled up in the road - this had me kind of worried until I got closer and saw that it was actually a rope


• some sweaty guy collapsing into the pool, exhausted after his run. Oh wait, that was me!