This was taken by the Hub: it is a beach in Burundi, on Lake Tanganyika. He was on a business trip with a colleague. He says you can see The Democratic Republic of Congo from this beach. In the background you can see what Wikipedia calls ‘the mountainous walls of the Great Rift Valley.’
The Hub also tells me that they came back to this beach at night and they could see, by the light of their torches, crocodile eyes. Many crocodile eyes.
They didn’t stay on that beach for long.
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I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
The Laughing Housewife 
Fabulous picture. Crocodile eyes would creep me out too! On Seychelles beaches at night ghost crabs scuttle about, and what with active sandflies as well there’s enough to mke me flee the gorgeous scene.
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Nature is pretty horrible, underneath.
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Crocodile eyes! Geeeez!
Had it been me out there and seeing that, that photo would’ve never been taken.
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It’s a pity they didn’t have a stopwatch, they’re probably the holders of the 100m world record.
If I’d been there the whizzing thing they’d have seen would have been me overtaking them.
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😀
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Great photo and description, but I don’t think I would have stayed around for long to chat with the crocodiles
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Eek! I don’t care to swim with crocs.
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Wow….capsule storytelling at its best, Tilly.
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Thanks Kate 🙂
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Great photo Tilly, and I loved the description that came with it! They say that crocs eyes are red at night – did the hub get close enough to see and confirm?
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It was a long time ago and he struggled to remember. He thought they were silvery-green, but he wasn’t sure. I think he might have remembered if they had been red, though.
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beautiful!!!!
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That certainly would have provided some discouragement regarding an extended visit!
I wouldn’t fancy a swim there. Mind you, I did a lot of swimming in Lake Malawi, and while there weren’t any crocs that I saw, there were certainly hippo!
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You’re brave – hippos are much more dangerous than crocodiles.
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That would have been an amazing shot… those crocodile eyes! Lovely! 🙂
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