We've repaired mooring lines, maintaining the artificial reefs, sinking new bottle nurseries, planting corals, collecting the coral predator Drupella snails (in one dive we collected over 3800 snails in Chalok, and we we'll have to go for more collection soon) and the Crown of Thorns starfish.
We've been doing beach- and underwater clean-ups.
Monday this week I had the opportunity to take one of our new volonteers and teach him how to do the invertebrates EMP (Ecological Monitoring Program). It was the first time I took a student with me on an EMP-dive, it was really educational for me to.
Monday evening we went to the Blue Heaven Restaurant, the view and the food was spectacular. The price was a bit on the expensive sidem but it was really worth it.
My next must-go-for-food-place is the Hacienda, they say that thety do really good steak there, and I am really really craving a really rare steak :)
The weather's been hot and humid, no rain since I got here. The mosquitoes are increasing in numbers so I alwaqys make sure a spray myself with repellant and always has a mosquito-coil lit when I sit on my balcony.
There's also two flues going around, one is a stomach thing and the other is a cold flue. Today I have a bit of a sore throat and a little cought, so I'm being sensible and not diving today. Also bought vitamin C tablets and are drinking loads of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Don't have a fever so I'm feeling pretty alright.
Some say that tthe things going around is due to the weather.
I had the best of news a couple of days ago. My friend Felicity who I first met on Pom Pom with TRACC will be going to Borneo! She's arriving one week before I do. How amazing is that?
She's promised me bug spray and a really good tent :)
Feels pretty good knowing that she's there when I arrive, nice to know that you have a good trustworthy friend there to talk about everything with.
I do miss my family and friends back home but not as bad as before, I'm sure the homesickness will come and go for a while.
I do miss my sister and best friend Cizzi a lot though, that hasn't changed. Every time something happens I want to tell her all about it :)
There are of course some wonderful people here, like Rahul, Kirsty, Ploy, who are both caring and nice, but its not the same as people you really know and been through things with. But they are lovely people, and also I'm not the easiest person to got to know :)
Anyway, all good here, and here's some more photos for you to enjoy:
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| Cement, mixed smooth as butter. Let me tell you it's hard work getting it mixed :) |
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| A whole days work at Save Koh Tao gives you really dirty legs |
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| A steel structure the team has built which was put in the ocean last week |
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| This is how it looks after welding |
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| The wire make sure that the steel bars are touching so they melt together when welded. |
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| View from Blue Heaven restaurant |
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| Another view from Blue Heaven restaurant, pretty awesome. |
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| Diving at Shark Island. One of the most beautiful sites around Koh Tao |
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| Shark Island has an abundance of fish |
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| ...and corals |
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| Table Coral Shark Island, provides a habitat for small fish and other critters. |
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| A pair of Weibels Butterflyfish and a lonely Longfin Bannerfish at Shark Island |
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| Big ass Jenkins Ray resting in the blocks at Aow Leuk |
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| Under all these corals, a steel structure is hiding. A steel structure made by these fantastic dedicated people at New Heaven Reef Conservation Program |
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| Jenkins Ray Aow Leuk |
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| There are a lot of different species of fish hanging around and in the blocks at Aow Leuk. These blocks acts as shore protection, habitat for fish and invertabrates, provides substrate for corals, protects from trawling. |
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