I was hoping to get a glimpse of predation by Himei Habu Pit Vipers on the otherwise occupied mating Green Tree Frogs which seemed to be teeming all over the place on the night of my initial visitation.
“Never again” came the statement as I lay slumped in a bubbling mess of blisters, macerated soles and limbs screaming with cramps.
And then I saw it. About 80cm in length what looked to be a ‘Habu’, a venomous Pit Viper, but of the three main species that inhabit Okinawa and all of which I’d encountered on numerous times, the marking on this snake were all wrong. It was a lot lighter in color for starters.
Some of you may remember a couple of years ago when I walked the length of Okinawa, South to North, to raise awareness and funds for a couple of veterans causes in both the UK and USA.
I can’t say I’ve ever been so happy to see the tail end of a year as I have with 2020. A year spent in global suspense as the Coronavirus pandemic permeated
I’m not one to use profanity in the public domain but in the case of the Coronavirus, yeah, I’m scared shitless about it. I’ve also been having a recently