Kachikaly Croc Pool


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July 5th 2008
Published: January 1st 2009
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A few snap shots from our visit to the Kachikaly Crocodile Pool in The Gambia. The locals believe that the pool has mystical powers and women who are not able to conceive come and collect the water from the pool and bathe with it. The crocodiles represent the power of fertility - you know I stayed far away from that water!! There are a bunch of kids running around The Gambia who are named after the pool - their births, no doubt attributed to the mothers' visit to the site.


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Amazing that the crocs here are so docile - but not all of them! The guides tell you which ones have the temperament for petting.
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Kaijah - she loved petting this guy!
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DJ looks a little apprehensive
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Daddy and Leila - not sure who was supposed to be protecting whom...
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Can this face be trusted?
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Not really my idea of a nice relaxing bath! And I thought the water was dirty in Dakar!
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Can you find him?
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Kind of looks like he's smiling...what does he know that we don't know?
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Couldn't resist snapping a shot of this! Priorities always amaze me! Somehow cell phones and TV always seem to make it to the top of the list!


13th June 2010

It's sooo coool,I was petting me to at Circus a baby aligator,and I have got a photo to :D

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