Surprise Dinner Guest

All over this city, there are cats everywhere. They actually look like well fed, tame, healthy animals that just happen to be wandering in packs.

Last night at dinner, we ate outside at the hotel. It was a perfect setting to relax and unwind... until I casually looked down and saw this. At first take, I thought... oh, isn't that cute. Scared me a little given the fact that I didn't realize there was an animal less than a foot away from me, but still cute. So, we took a picture:
Upon closer inspection, I started getting a little squirmy. It kept inching closer. You'll also notice in the picture that only one eye has been illuminated by the flash of our camera. One eye normal, the other missing. Now I'm grossed out. Mangy street animal, getting ever closer. Ryan, safely on the other side of the table, thinks this is hilarious. I had three prawn tails on my plate and opted to throw them away from our table to get the cat away. I don't need to tell you this didn't work. Once she had gobbled them up, she was crawling under my feet.

There's not really much more to this story... except the joy of watching Ryan's face fall as the cat decided to go and visit him and being able to watch him try and 'shoo' her away with his dinner napkin. The waiter explained that on more than one occasion they had driven the cat far away from the hotel and dropped her off. You know how the song goes...