So one of our readers asked us recently about the spiders
here in Laos, and I figured today would be the perfect day to tell all about it.
Let me explain why.
Just over a week ago we were in the Kong Lor caves in
central Laos and if you guys would like to click the link…
…you’ll see that’s where the world’s biggest spider is from
that cave.
Now, let me say, that we didn’t SEE that spider, nor come
into contact with it while we were there. Also, I am a serious arachnophobe and run for the
hills when any spider bigger than an ant is nearby or in the room, and I’m sure
many people could corroborate my story! So it’s a good thing we didn’t actually
see that spider.
What DID we come in contact with? Well,
I try my best to avoid looking for them or even seeing them by accident, but
today (the same day Talia almost crashed the motorbike, making this even more
of a rather shitty day) I saw one.
A big one.
One of the biggest ones in fact, a
huntsman, the little brother of the biggest spider in the world. I walked into
our guesthouse room earlier, turned on the light, turned back around and there
was a huntsman spider sitting on the bed looking at me, waiting for me to make
my move.
Well…… I made my move. I ran leaving
the door open and screamed at the top of my voice “TALIA! THERE’S GI-F*CKING-GANTIC
SPIDER IN THE F*CK*NG ROOM, PLEASE DO SOMETHING, PLEASE!!!”
Talia here. When I went into the room, the spider wasn’t there, so I
entered cautiously. All of a sudden a blur ran across the floor and up the
wall. The next second the blur was on the floor again, running to Ricky’s
shoes. The thing moved so fast that I thought there were two of them. Instead of attempting to get at it myself, I
opted for getting help from the guesthouse owner, who promptly smashed the
spider with his shoe and flicked it outside. He checked the room and bathroom
for more spiders. The room was empty and the man left without a word.
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| The spider pictured is from the internet and is not ours. The spider I saw was slightly bigger than this one. |
Now I have to go and never sleep
ever again.
