bozza Posted August 23, 2009 #1 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Does anyone know of any islands in the southern Caribbean where men offer them to you to have your photo taken with snakes? I have a real phobia of these and would die if approached, so if I know before hand I can avoid them. Any help much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted August 23, 2009 #2 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Does anyone know of any islands in the southern Caribbean where men offer them to you to have your photo taken with snakes? I have a real phobia of these and would die if approached, so if I know before hand I can avoid them. Any help much appreciated. I can honestly say that as many times as I have cruised the Caribbean, Eastern, Western, Southern and all Islands in between, I have never had anyone ask me to take a picture with a snake. Monkeys, yes. Iguanas, yes. Donkeys/Burros, yes. Birds, yes. A dog, with a cat sitting on it's back, with a mouse sitting on the cat's back, in Key West, yes. :D Snakes, never. I also dislike them a lot. :eek: If they are there, I have never seen them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozza Posted August 23, 2009 Author #3 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Thanks Alexis, the island I have heard most about this happening is St.Lucia, so maybe that will be a taxi straight to a beach or on board day!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted August 23, 2009 #4 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Thanks Alexis, the island I have heard most about this happening is St.Lucia, so maybe that will be a taxi straight to a beach or on board day!!!! I have also been to St. Lucia many times and again, I have never seen that? But I will be sure to look again on Dec 9 of this year.. That is my next cruise there on the Adventure. I can usually spot one of them a mile away. They are a step down from a tarantula to me. I won't even go in a pet store if they have a tarantula there. I have to leave. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxnrn Posted August 23, 2009 #5 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Was in St Lucia this past June and on tour with Spencer, and there was a guy with a snake on one of the stops. Spencer drove past but asked if we wanted to go back and get a picture, we said keep driving.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella930 Posted August 23, 2009 #6 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Trouser snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemylab Posted August 23, 2009 #7 Share Posted August 23, 2009 On Cosol's tour you drive by a man on the side of the road with a snake. You have the option of getting off to have your pic taken if you want - nobody in our van did but the van did stop so people could get pictures. Our driver gave us fair warning that it was coming up so those who were scared of snakes (like myself) could just look the other direction or close their eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskatab Posted August 23, 2009 #8 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I have also been to St. Lucia many times and again, I have never seen that? But I will be sure to look again on Dec 9 of this year.. That is my next cruise there on the Adventure. I can usually spot one of them a mile away. They are a step down from a tarantula to me. I won't even go in a pet store if they have a tarantula there. I have to leave. :eek: Omg this is so me, I make my hubby go in the store and let me know if there are any tarantulas in it or I wont go in. We did the Cosol tour in St. Lucia and there was a guy on the side of the road with a huge snake and we stopped and several people got out and had their picture taken with it. I was glad I was in the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63galaxie Posted August 23, 2009 #9 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I know, ewwww! But we took the Cosol Tour and I had the opportunity to have a picture taken with the snake around my neck! I don't like the critters when they are on the ground, but I know how to handle them. It was a great moment! My in-laws couldn't believe I did it. Neither can I, in retrospect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxis24 Posted August 23, 2009 #10 Share Posted August 23, 2009 When we went to Saint Lucia, the snake guy was there. He was after the last town before you got to the baths or the Pitons. Doesn't mean he'll be elsewhere (of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehfl Posted August 23, 2009 #11 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I'm guessing this is a joke. If not...then just because you have a phobia does not mean that you must chose to indulge it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blu Lenda Posted August 23, 2009 #12 Share Posted August 23, 2009 In Curacao last month, a man was walking down the sidewalk with a huge python around his neck. I walked out into the street just so I wouldn't have to be near him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXASMUNK Posted August 23, 2009 #13 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Swam with several off Barbados years ago, totally unaware that they were poisonous. Found out after the fact....Next time, we will not chase them!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseapril Posted August 23, 2009 #14 Share Posted August 23, 2009 TEXAS- Do you know what type of snakes they were? Have lived on a Caribbean island (Curacao) and traveled and snorkeled all around the Caribbean and have never seen one. Would like to know more. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqhacruiser Posted August 23, 2009 #15 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I've never seen any snakes in Barbados, Dominica, Antigua or St. Kitt's. I know Barbados has mongooses which keep them off land but I've never seen snakes in the water there either:) Glad I missed that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanfromatlanta Posted August 23, 2009 #16 Share Posted August 23, 2009 We also saw the snake man on the side of the road in St Lucia. We just kept on going. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisesOnMyMind Posted August 23, 2009 #17 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Well I can't even say the word,,,I call them MOE,,,,,long story but everyone who knows me, knows what I am talking about. When we were in Key West this year walking around, there was a man who a huge Boa or Python. He had it laying across a bunch of news stands. I saw it first walking down the street and immediatley grabbed my DH's arm to drag him across the other side of the street as I was not walking past this thing. Well looking on the opposite side of the street now, I see this man just notice the "thing" and just about jump out of his skin,,,he was in the middle of the road real quick. I had to laugh but new exactly how he felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBookHePays Posted August 23, 2009 #18 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I can honestly say that as many times as I have cruised the Caribbean, Eastern, Western, Southern and all Islands in between, I have never had anyone ask me to take a picture with a snake. Monkeys, yes. Iguanas, yes. Donkeys/Burros, yes. Birds, yes. A dog, with a cat sitting on it's back, with a mouse sitting on the cat's back, in Key West, yes. :D Snakes, never. I also dislike them a lot. :eek: If they are there, I have never seen them? There's a fellow in Santa Barbara who has this unlikely trio, also, except it's a white rat....maybe he vacations in Key West?;):D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruznjan Posted August 24, 2009 #19 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I've never seen any snakes anywhere on the islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisenouvelle Posted August 24, 2009 #20 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Trouser snake? :D:p:eek:;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseapril Posted August 24, 2009 #21 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Have never seen any sea snakes in the Caribbean area, but there are land snakes on several islands. When we were in Dominica, our guide said there were boa constrictors in the Rain Forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnrCroozer41 Posted August 24, 2009 #22 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Have never seen any sea snakes in the Caribbean area, but there are land snakes on several islands. When we were in Dominica, our guide said there were boa constrictors in the Rain Forest. On our February 2009 cruise on NoS we stopped in Ocho Rois, Jamaica and there was a guy with a snake around his neck. He offered to place the boa constrictor round a tourist's neck for a photo op. I did it after plucking up some courage. I have the photo to prove it but I don't want to freak posters out by attaching it to this reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lablvr2 Posted August 25, 2009 #23 Share Posted August 25, 2009 In my 10 cruises I have never met up with a snake in Carib. If I had in St Lucia it would have sent my sorry butt running back to the ship. Seriously - I can't see a snake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjcruiser Posted August 25, 2009 #24 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Belize has teenagers with Alligators/Crocodiles that they offer for you to hold for a few dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinManiac Posted August 25, 2009 #25 Share Posted August 25, 2009 A few years back, there was a post on CC from a lady that had an unfortunate encounter with a pier side snake vendor. She had just left the ship, when a man came up and patted her on the shoulder. When she turned around, she was face to face with a snake. Of course she jumped back, but in doing so, she tripped over herself and fell.:eek: I cannot remember her exact injuries, but they were pretty extensive. I believe she broke some bones and maybe had some facial damages (not from the snake, but from the fall). :( When we were in Dominica, our guide said there were boa constrictors in the Rain Forest. I just booked a tour to walk through a rain forrest area to the falls. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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