On our honeymoon my wife and I went to a gorgeous little family owned ocean side bed and breakfast 20 miles south of Cancun, we got the suite with a huge sliding glass door unobstructed view of the ocean, the room was gorgeous, clean, and quaint with a mix of modern and traditional palapa roof style. Exactly what we love. It was October so that means the tropical rainy season was going on which we also really love. What is better than a tropical downpour? The coastal swamp was to one side and the ocean on the other, really a perfect setting in my opinion. The first night we got there getting all settled in and enjoying the time a GIANT roach came strolling across the floor. I'm not sure exactly the species but it was huge!
I had to go talk to the owner as my wife was sitting on the bed freaking out about the roaches. The owner just laughed and said they weren't roaches they were water bugs coming up from the rain. Ha haa. I asked for another room and he lectured me that I already have his best room and those bugs will be everywhere we go.
I convinced my wife after about 2 hours it was okay. So in a tropical paradise my wife STILL would do anything to avoid a roach. Later when we were driving back to the B&B two huge tarantulas ran across the road, I asked if I should go get them to handle the roaches in our room (the only thing she hates more than roaches is spiders, so that was a fun conversation!) ha haaa
We don't choose our mates based on their tolerance for insects and I suppose this is just one more challenge of keeping our Chameleon friends...
