Archive for September, 2008

The end of the August 2008 expedition

Posted in September 23rd, 2008

by admin in andavadoaka, beach, children, cleanup, club alo alo, conservation

By Louis Pearson
Yesterday was the penultimate day of the August 2008 expedition, Sunday 21st September 2008. And it was the day that the postponed PADI Project Aware International Beach Clean Up Day was to be held (postponed due to a tragic death in the village). Everybody here in Andavadoaka woke early to a glorious day, [...]

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Turbulent Times

Posted in September 16th, 2008

by admin in andavadoaka, blue ventures, children, cleanup, conservation, diving, english lessons, environment

By Josh
This past week saw the arrival of an unwelcome guest in the form of gale force winds that whipped the seas into a bit of a frenzy and turned the underwater world into pea soup. Not to be discouraged, the volunteers spent an hour getting ready on Saturday morning and braved a journey on [...]

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Trigger Fish

Posted in September 2nd, 2008

by admin in andavadoaka, blue ventures, conservation, coral, diving, environment, fish, madagascar, octopus, species library, volunteer

From Sarah Joy Linstead
It’s my 3rd week in Andavadoaka and we’re nearly half way through the expedition already. Time flies in paradise. I came here to be with my boyfriend Louis, one of BV’s field scientists, but I’m also one of the volunteers on expedition 40 because I wanted to get involved and [...]

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