Visit from northern fishers and women’s association lunch- a busy weekend
By Kame Westerman, Project Coordinator. From Friday to Sunday a group of fishers from Diego (in northern Madagascar) visited to … Continue reading
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Why would I want to be on a beach holiday when even the chores bring a genuine smile to my face?
By Neil Hagan. “This is not a beach holiday” – a favorite saying of our fearless (except when you mention … Continue reading
The sun came up just as we did
By Anna Westland. 4am. I manage to grab my alarm before it goes off – my hut mate gets
cranky enough when I’m up at 7 – and stumble around a bit, looking for
rash vests and bits of my camera….
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Thoughts from shore
By Laurenne Schiller. From this angle, I can observe at least seven distinguishable shades of aquamarine in the ocean below me, and there’s not a cloud in the sky… Continue reading
just like on National Geographic and Finding Nemo!
By Liesbeth Van de Moortel. We saw some amazing things, a sleeping turtle, nocturnal fishes, polycheates and even some copepods were passing the light of your torch. The top act (for me at least) was the… Continue reading
Totally amazing first week
Totally amazing first week that has flown by because we have not stoppped learning new things-from diving skills and knowledge … Continue reading
Boiled egg ping pong with the Goddess of the Deep
by Tracy Ware. Today was the final dive of my Advanced Open Water course, the deep dive. We dove at a fantastic site called 007 within the permanent no-fishing marine reserve. Just to start off the diving day, two dolphins swam alongside the boat, not even 15 meters away. The boat then delivered us to 007, wherein I descended with Goddess-of-the-Deep Dive Instructor and Field Scientist, Samantha to approximately 28 meters. Continue reading
Blue Ventures Malaysia, an exciting first year!
By Katie Yewdall. 2009 saw the first year of Blue Ventures Malaysia (BVM). The first volunteers showed up on the 17th of April to be greeted by an excited BVM team…. Continue reading
Notes from the Island
by Roger Vaughan I got here to Tioman Island, just off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, about a week ago. … Continue reading
Identifying the Ocean
by Max Appelman. I’ve dived before. I’ve snorkelled dozens of times in the beautiful reefs of the Caribbean, lush with corals and schools of fish. Continue reading