Crocodiles in Carara–Julia

Feb. 17

Sunday was the day we took our trip to the National Park of Carrara. Carrara is about an hour drive away from where we are staying in Atenas and on the way we stopped to refresh with some nice fruit juice and a bathroom break next to a beautiful bridge over a river. We walked across the bridge and looked down to discover the river was filled with crocodiles. Crocodiles (for our readers who are not familiar with them) look much like logs and because they can float in the water almost completely submersed and still, they seem to appear out of nowhere, more and more than you originally thought, and then even more. We began to make our way across the bridge, leaning against the wind that attempted to blow us into the water far below, when suddenly an especially strong gust blew past and suddenly we saw that Awa’s pink baseball cap had been swept off her head and had fallen into the water. As we stood there (personally terrified and shaking) suddenly out of nowhere a giant head appeared in the water and after a few seconds of investigation, a gigantic crocodile ate Awa’s hat in one terrifiyingly large and sudden gulp. I cannot speak for everyone, but I’m sure I was not alone in thinking if a baseball hat was eaten that fast a person, (presumably much tastier) wouldn’t last long if the wind happened to get stronger.

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