I hope this isn't too hard to believe - there's a place about an hour away from Ouaga where you can get your picture taken sitting on a crocodile. Yep, This Is Africa. Obviously, when I was given the opportunity today, I couldn't pass it up.

So this afternoon, Robyn (a SIM missionary who is translating the New Testament into Fulfulde), Ben Steel (my roommate), Dave and I went to Bazoule, a village about an hour away from Ouaga, to get our pics taken with the crocs. The way it works is like this - you have to buy chickens to lure the crocs out of the water (you can see Dave holding the two chickens by their feet)... after that, you sit on it, take your picture, and then you feed the croc the chicken as its "reward". We ended up buying two chickens for 2000 CFA (~$4) and admission was 1000 CFA (~$2) each.










To lure the crocs out of the water, the guide would either throw the chicken on the ground and then quickly snatch them up when they came closer, or he would put the chicken on a stick and dangle it in front of the crocs. As you can see in the panoramic picture, it worked! We had about 10 crocs about 5 metres in front of us within 15-20 minutes! Click to enlarge the pics.









Alright, so here's the crowning moment....................................










I'll post some really amazing videos of our trip very soon.