a familiar mascot

a gecko in the house

I don't know if Geico sells insurance in Vietnam. And I wonder whether they'd need to change their sales pitch.

The Geico mascot is very visible in Vietnam. Every hotel and home I've been in has had one or more as a guest. Usually seen in the morning or evening they quietly scramble along the ceiling, floor or walls looking for whatever is their prey.

I do wonder what they're eating. That's because there's an obvious lack of insects everywhere I've been. Now I'm sure they must be somewhere but I hardly see any.

Food and fruit left out on the table at home doesn't attract a swarm of small flies. There's no bugs around the trash can. The rubbish on the streets isn't attracting swarms of bugs. I don't attract mosquitoes even though this is a warm humid place with plenty of water.

At this point I've spent a total of three months in Vietnam, all within the last year. This lack of bugs is very apparent, totally unexpected, and I have no idea yet why this is so.