Black Monitor Lizard

We stopped for a while near the viewpoint. When we had got off the train and before we started the walk on the Lower Trail, Maria had accidentally burnt her hand under boiling hot water outside one of the restaurants. There was a machine for hot water that the locals use for the mate they always seem to carry with them. Maria didn't notice the sign and put her hand below the tap and badly burnt her fingers. Luckily, the toilets were nearby where she put her hand below cold water for a while and that seemed to help for a while. Now, at the viewpoint, her hand started having boils and was still paining so Hristo went back to the restaurants to find some ice or something to get for her. While we sat waiting for him to return, a huge black monitor lizard came out of the forest. We got some nice pictures of it. After a while Hristo returned with a bottle of frozen water. This seemed to ease Maria's pain a bit, so we continued further.Read more