The visitor

I've always known that Haiti is different than anywhere else I/we have lived, but one thing I hadn't considered was ALL the different kinds of animals that we would encounter here.  I knew the roosters take their jobs VERY seriously at the first sign of dawn and dogs "serenade" us @ night, but the visitor on our bedroom wall this morning was in the species known as spiders ~ a tarantula!  Check out the picture.  It was both scarey and interesting all at the same time.  My job was to keep watch while Gerritt got the can of insecticide spray that took down this 8 legged non-welcome visitor.  When we showed the picture to our dear friend LouLou, he very quickly said he has seen much bigger ones ... should I be encouraged or more scared?!  For those planning on coming to visit us here, please-please-please still come and we promise to do our best to keep the animals of all kinds at bay :)