Day Twenty Three (part 1): Snakes, Crocs & Bowling Balls

No storms last night, so caught up online.

Busy day today. All piled in the car at 8.45am for an hour's drive west of St. Sebastien to La Trimouille to visit L'ile aux Serpents - Snake Island.

Sidebar: Not all photos are taken by me, Phil's camera produced much better results indoors without flash - and my batteries ran out at the crocs :0(

Surrounding the building is a sort of moat filled with terrapin, coy carp and other fish.

Queuing... how very British!

Once inside, there's 60 species and 300 animals, including: monitor lizards, snakes, tortoises, lizards, chameleons, mongooses. meercats and otters from all over the world.

A camera crew were making a film while we were there... (You won't see us in the film, but you might hear us???)

More photos of Snake Island Here

Time to find somewhere to have lunch.We came across a Routier, well known for serving good home-cooked french cooking...

...And ate steak and chips. I'm really going to have to diet when I get home.

After coffee, next destination Planet of the Crocodiles.