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Holiday scare! Recently I opted to take a peaceful outdoor vacation in Cuba. At the hotel, a variety of tours were available, and I decided on a boat cruise that stopped at an iguana colony. After an hour on the water, the boat pulled up to a weathered wooden dock on an isolated promontory, mostly bare volcanic rock. The tour giude suggested the best place to see the iguanas was near the feeding stations. A number of us departed the boat, and continued on foot through difficult terrain to the tip of the peninsula, following a barely visible path. The feeding stations were empty, which seemed strange, but there were a number of unusually large iguanas lounging in the sun. I crouched down with my camera and shimmied up to this one as slowly as I could. As I got closer, I realized how large this thing actually was .. as long as I was! Then, as I was about to take the shot, I noticed a ragged pair of underwear hanging on a leafless bush in the background. What were these animals being fed? I had visions of my Rolex sliding past its tongue, as my fingers said goodbye to the world. Tourists disappear in third world countries every day. I made it back, and have a cupboard full of rum to prove it. I drink some when I think back on this close encounter.
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