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The sun came up just as we did

Posted on 30 June 2010 by Blue Ventures
Anemone

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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Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, coral, diving, environment, fish, Shark, volunteer |

Thoughts from shore

Posted on 18 June 2010 by Blue Ventures
View from Nosy Cao, the classroom

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 →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged beach, blue ventures, diving, environment, fish, pirogue, Shark, volunteer, wildlife extra |

Totally amazing first week

Posted on 17 May 2010 by Blue Ventures
Banded Sea Krait

Totally amazing first week that has flown by because we have not stoppped learning new things-from diving skills and knowledge … Continue reading →

Posted in Malaysia, Tioman | Tagged coral, diving, environment, fish, Shark, turtle, volunteer |

Mad weather, dinner in Mexico, big turtles and a Whale Shark

Posted on 17 May 2010 by Blue Ventures

by Christiana Hayward. Lying on the jetty looking out over the lagoon towards the barrier reef I marvelled at huge white breakers boiling, crashing, thundering over the reef, unable to hold back the tempest allowing rolling waves into our normally calm lagoon… Continue reading →

Posted in Belize | Tagged children, mangrove, Shark, volunteer |

The team reach Bacalar Chico

Posted on 1 April 2010 by Blue Ventures
The view from your cabina

by David Chanter. Hola amigos. Life at Bacalar Chico Base Camp is unreal. The best way I can think to describe it is to imagine the film ‘The Beach’ but less developed. Continue reading →

Posted in Belize | Tagged beach, mangrove, Shark, turtle |

A white girl fisherman!

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Blue Ventures

By Daniella Sachs. One of the most incredible experiences I have had so far was my trip south with Thomas, a former Malagasy shark fisherman who now runs the Turtle and Shark Research Project for BV… Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, canoes, conservation, eco lodge, fishing, malagasy, pirogue, Shark, turtle, Vezo |

A day in Mukut

Posted on 29 January 2010 by Blue Ventures

by Jane Westermann.

Mukut certainly has an air of civic pride. Apart from the sparklingly pristine rivers, we also enjoyed wandering through the village admiring the flowering hedges surrounding villagers’ properties… Continue reading →

Posted in Malaysia, Tioman | Tagged children, cleanup, Shark |

Some of my highlights from Madagascar

Posted on 21 September 2009 by Blue Ventures

by Kate Evangeli Octopus Day We’d been trained up in the art of how to sex an octopus which basically … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar | Tagged canoes, fishing, malagasy, octopus, pirogue, Shark |

Sharks Without the Bite

Posted on 18 November 2008 by Blue Ventures

By Margo Simon I saw my first shark today, albeit in pieces. I had hoped that while diving in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar | Tagged fishing, Shark |

The Turtle Fomba

Posted on 23 October 2008 by Blue Ventures

by Charlotte Coombes Lyubomir, Alan, Sonia, John, Vicky, Kate and I went on a trip to the village of Lamboara. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Add new tag, bok bok, conservation, doughnuts, pirogue, Shark, turtle |

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