I’ve only been abroad one time, and there were little gecko/lizard things everywhere, climbing up walls and scurrying across roads, and nobody cared. I was constantly fascinated but to the locals they’re just kinda there.

Bonus question to anyone who visited the UK - was there anything that fascinated you but I’d be taking for granted?

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    18 hours ago

    I did miss lizards in England, they are so nice to have around. And the occasional alligator is cool too, I can only imagine how exciting for a tourist.

    I was absolutely stunned to see such OLD things in the UK, we don’t have the thousand year old buildings. And basements & the underground metro, places you walk down underground to get to are very uncommon here, would flood. The rain was different too, not a storm, you can just umbrella your way along, that was nice.

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      13 hours ago

      There are native British lizards. Though they are very small, and possibly only in the south.

      I usually see a few sunbathing on rocks near where I work, just outside Southampton.

      Also, slow worms are lizards. Legless lizards. Not snakes.

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        9 hours ago

        I have only been to London and the north, but that is cool & makes sense, it doesn’t freeze there, right?