...along the way 3

Yes, it IS a live lizard, similar to the Australian goanna, a favorite local delicacy. Two of these fellows were brought on board, their feet tied up to their heads, kept fresh before their time came to be cooked up for dinner. To our horror, the lady next to us (the one with the stinky fish fingers) started putting on a show for us and stepping on the creatures with her feet while laughing... This was really too much to watch, a few of us started shouting out at her to stop it, amuzed her laughter went up a notch. A German guy in front of her was in a rage, red faced and cursing, he explained to us he is a 'greeny' and found her behaviour disgusting. The locals could see the situation was heating up, some guy took the lizards out the back and out of sight. Some minutes later the German guy got up and showed us his pocket knife, he told us (in English) he was going to look for the lizards and set them free. I was afraid there would be a mutiny on board, the Locals vs the Tourists. Soon The German returned with a pair of shoes in his hands. He said the lizards were nowhere to be found, but he'd found his shoes forgotten out the back.