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The final countdown
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On Weds night we watched a photo presentation which was put together from a mix of everyone's photos, which was really nice.
I'm pleased to say that Digby (the soppy guard dog) managed to get the rat that was in our dorm :-) Unfortunately there are many more rats, and while I was cooking another flapjack one evening I saw one run along the worktop. I have to say I embarrassed myself and let out ...
100 hatchlings, 5 turtles, 2 rays and a swamp eel!
... exam - the last of the exams, thank goodness! Thursday was one of the lad's 20th birthday (I feel so old!!!). We had a resident rat in our hut last night which I thought I would freak out about, but I was strangely OK with it, except when I heard it rustling around near my bed. It helped when one of the girls said 'think of it as a hamster!'. Apparently it's quite cute, but I'll reserve judgement until I come face to face with it. Today the group ...
I've arrived!
... a photo!
Now the nice bits! The scenery is amazing. Iāve now seen a turtle while I was snorkelling, and amazingly on one of our beach patrols we saw a Hawksbill turtle come up the beach, dig a nest, lay over 120 eggs, cover it up and head back to the water! And I got the brill job of lying at the rear end counting the eggs as they were laid! That made it all worth while.
The walking here is strenuous in the heat, as we have ...
Weekje offline
... visjes onder de boot te zien. Daarna nog ff op klein eilandje aan het strand gespeeld. Er was ook een ander stel mee met twee meisjes van dezelfde leeftijd. Hun jongste dochter was nog net geen jaar en heette ook Lara, heel toevallig. De beiden Lara's waren op de terugreis erg moe en vielen beiden in slaap, zo schattig. Even later vielen ook Tess en het andere meisje in slaap. Leuk voor Tess om met leeftijdgenootje te spelen, taalbarrieres bestaan dan gewoon niet. ...
Beau Vallon, Mahé
... is. Leuk om over de markt te lopen, overal kleurrijke uitgestalde groenten en fruit. Een bestelbusje tjokvol met eieren waar je eieren in een plastic zakje kunt kopen (eierdozen doen ze hier niet aan dus als je eieren koopt erg voorzichtig je boodschappen inpakken....). Lara krijgt veel aandacht zoals ze daar hangt op papa zijn rug in de draagrugzak. Na de markt brengen we een bezoekje aan de botanische tuin, veel mooie planten en ...
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