Local Fauna

Last night, I stepped outside the back of my house, and this guy was staring down at me. A Thai gecko or Took-Kae. It's about 10 inches long and makes a loud sound - almost like a series of deep hiccups, but instead of saying hic-CUP, it says took-Kae. Hence, the name.

Oddly, it wasn't my first run in with some local fauna this day. I also saw a 4 foot monitor lizard swimming in the temple lake across from where I was having lunch.

Then, in the evening, there was a stingray swimming in the Mall pool next to where Nuch and I were having dinner.