Exercising self-restraint when I have so much to share will not do. I have to submit pictures to the magazines to get them approved for publication before I can show the rest on this site but I would most probably post it on Target Practice unless there’s something to write about. I met a lot of people on the trip & every night after dinner, we would fill our log books with activities of the day.
My day begins at 6am, when the sun rises, where I would spend at least half an hour to set up my camera in the bathtub, the place with the least lint & flyaway dust. Contrary to what some of you might think, I don’t put makeup on before a dive. Hahaha. Very funny. I slap on some Japanese sunblock with Sun Protection Factor of 130 or sometimes, just 50 or 75, depending upon the brands which I use. It’s an effort not to allow my freckles to join together as a result of too much sun.
I set out to find the remarkable coconut crab (Birgus latro) at night. The guide named Laan, Ah Hua, Nigel & I were armed with torches, wandered into the jungle of Mataking to find the elusive giant ‘hermit.’ It was a good one hour search, we found every imaginable size of hermits which I found out, were the young of coconut crabs. They are bigger than the palm of my hand. After examining every crackle & snap, we decided that Mr. Coconut Crackerjack is not greeting this four over-enthusiastic badgers & have a scientific explanation to stay home. It’s probably moulting!
We walked the circumference of the island which roughly took about 2 hours. Encounters with Gecko, Rodents plus Hermits equal fascination & fatigue. Needless to say, I stumbled back to the room, had a shower & slumped into bed.
eiks..is that a hermit?
Heheheh! No, it’s a juvenile coconut crab! Look at how big it is compared to the coconut husk it’s on….
Hello Pam,
I’m Fernando, the one in Skype… Beautiful place you have here!, congratulations!, it seems that your life is very nice and in contact with the nature, I like it, and the music that you choose also peaceful.
One of them Gloria Stefan singing in Spanish!, my mother tongue.
Thanks for your time and nice reply today in skype.
Regards
Fernando