Having a great time in Parismina, very relaxed here, all our meals cooked for us (lots of beans and rice and fried bananas) the turtle patrol can be hard work walking in sand for 4 hours a night, especially if you dont see any turtles cos then you walk to the end (5.6km) but if there are turtles then you have to wait about 1.5 hours for them to lay and then to cover the eggs and flick sand everywhere and get back to the sea (the poachers also steal the turtles) have seen a few turtles but its sad that we get excited if there are 5 turtles laying in one night when not that long ago there would have been hundreds every night. Have had a couple of nights with no turtles and one where 2 turtles came onto the beach then turned around while we watched (for reasons unknown to us sometimes it just isnt right for the turtle) they are amazing to watch and the eggs are so flexible but strong have reburied a few nests at the hatchery which was cool. Had Saturday night off so went to the "disco" the music is so loud you can feel the vibration all over Parismina, so everyone ends up sitting outside!
You can find out more about Parismina and the Turtle Association by going to the "Save the Turtles - Parismina" link on the left side of this page.
Deikol with my Kathmandu frisbee (he liked throwing it in the air) at
Leiony's house (our 'mother').
Some of the local boys having fun at the lagoon.
11-22 August 2006
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