• Never say never
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    Never say never

    I have no plans to do this ( “never say never” ) but…. if I was to set up a conservation project, how would I […]

  • Nosy Iranja
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    Nosy Iranja

    Today, I visited Nosy Iranja. Considered to be one of the most important nesting sites for Green Turtles and Hawksbill Turtles in the Western Indian […]

  • Where are the beach hawkers?
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    Where are the beach hawkers?

    A friend of mine once said that the trouble when you get older is that, “ no one sees you anymore”. This was rich coming […]

  • Turtle Update
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    Turtle Update

    So it was Day 3 of my time on Nosy Komba. I am on the beach on my own. I step in to that beautiful […]

  • International Women’s Day… in style.
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    International Women’s Day… in style.

    International Women’s Day often catches me by surprise, when I receive kind messages of solidarity from both male and female friends, but after today the […]

  • Wuss in water
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    Wuss in water

    I can’t account for my trepidation here, but I am two days in, and I’m nowhere near to seeing turtles. In part this is because […]

  • Mora Mora..
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    Mora Mora..

    In Malagasy ‘Mora Mora’ is, ‘ slow down chill out, relax, don’t expect anything to happen on time’. So first day orientation starts at 7.30am…. […]

  • Nosy Komba
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    Nosy Komba

    Oh my, this is ridiculous…..Ridiculously beautiful. Not my idea, but the decision was taken by the camp’s coordinator to stick to the original plan. I […]

  • Village life in Nosy Be.
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    Village life in Nosy Be.

    I am staying in a village in Nosy Be called Madirokely. This reminds me so much of the Sri Lanka I lived in during 1998 […]

  • North to Nosy Be
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    North to Nosy Be

    I am now on my way to Nosy Be by turbo prop plane courtesy of Tsaradia. A service scheduled to leave at 16.00 today, then […]