Third Day on the Island...  

Posted by: Nurul


The third day...
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Woke up at 0700...have breakfast...ready to go to Marine park and other island for snorkeling...

The first station, Pulau Pinang, the Marine Park...went snorkeling for 45 minutes...the corals were beautiful, but unfortunately, most of them are dying or already dead... =(










The dead coral..

The second station is an island called Pulau Lima...It was very nice...I was shocked at first because when I put my mask and snorkel in the water to clean them, all the fish were coming towards my hand...and I got bitten by the fish because they thought it was food...hehe...I screamed and everybody looked at me...(ya la..I was VERY shocked you know... =))

The next station was Pulau ....(emmm...I can't remember the name...hehe...) I didn't go down...I was too tired...It's because I've used all my energy to try to catch the fish at the station before...they're soooo cute...and colorful too...

Our last station is Pulau mat Kepit...we're too tired to go down...so we just fed the fish there with bread and watched them from the boat...Actually our boatman told us that we have one more station to go..that is the Turtle Bay...but he didn't tell the volunteers that the turtle bay is the place where we're staying...so when he brought us back to the beach, everyone was looking at one another...wondering why we're there...then he just said..."ok, this is the Turtle Bay..and the beach rite there was called, ***********."...everyone was pissed off....

That guy, Mahadi was very good at pulling others' leg...and he always making people laugh with his jokes and lies....well, he's nice actually...but a little naughty...when we said that he's 'jahat' (bad guy), he will tell us that if he's bad, he must be in jail rite now...hmm...what a guy he is...It's good to hv someone like him there...so, we'll not feel soo boring... =)

Second Day in the Island..  

Posted by: Nurul

The second day
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Woke up at 0700...have breakfast...prepared data for the afternoon nest check while the others went snorkeling...

After lunch...usual activity...sleep...zzzzz.....but it was raining...so, we hv to sleep in our room...at 1730 went for nest check...excavated the eggs...rescued the hatchlings from predators like the crab and ants (or we call it ma-yi jahat...)...

It was raining heavily during the nite, so, we can't sleep on the beach...but still hv to go patroling...and I found my second mother turtle...she landed around 0300 and laid eggs around 0340...Me, Shaw Yang, and Ronny was in charged in recording the data for that mother turtle...it was a green turtle...we're very lucky because the other group haven't had the chance to see the turtle.. =)

Went back to sleep around 0430...that nite I have to wear 2 sweaters to keep me warm... =)

Where I go....  

Posted by: Nurul



Well, it's good to be back to civilization...it's been five days since the last time I blogged...watched tv...or used my handphone...

I've got a 4 days 3 nites stay in an island...

where is the island...???

hehe....it's a secret...

I will tell you what I did during my stay there...and after that, I'm going to reveal what's the name of the island...

The first day...
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Arrived at the island...relax...enjoying the beauty of the beach...having lunch...slept on the hammock...sooo nice to feel the wind blowing to your face...





Then, we went for the nest check...measured the nest...excavated the turtle eggs...it's my first experience to see the turtle hatchlings crawling up from the sand...soo cute..
 

baby turtle..newly hatched green turtle..

In the nite, we went out to the beach...we hv to walk in the dark because we didn't want the turtle to be confused by the light...then, we laid down on a mat and watched the stars...the sky was so clear...our first turtle landed around 0100...it was a great experience for me...the first time I saw a mother turtle laying eggs on the beach...and I got the chance to measure it and read the tag number...


mother turtle laying eggs

My patrol ended at 0200...went to sleep...it was sooo freaking cold that I woke up the next morning with no voice at all... =(