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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Week 6 - Last week at Reef Doctor

Monday
Fisheries with peppin
walk to berevy with ella and ed
Learnt fishes flashcarda, im.quite good now
Waited a long time due to voat coming back near 1 or 2
We had nothing until 2pm I started recording tons of fishes
Didnt have lunch
Ella and ed left to go back for 3pm dive
Peppan, 2 guys, we walked along to beach back and then we got on a piroge, sailing back to ifaty
Late lunch back at reefdoctor
New guy, Jamie arrived

Kate's last night, jose
She is loved by everyone bc they all came.
Played werewolves
Jivan really likes me. He came over and sat next to me. He had like 4 beers or sth. Held my hands and say he will.miss me when im gone. Will i come back? I dont know how I feel. I do, really like him but im leaving and Idont know when Iwill be back. He had to work at night for sea cucumbers. I told him to go.
Manjo came

Tuesday
6.30 dives ppl left, I talk to beth about tanks problem, she has ear infection
I said will help her with anything she needs
Found lauren to fill our tanks
8.30 dive became 9 due to lack of tanks
Good dive, id fishes myself now bc everyone has a point out, i didnt need one.
Came back, low tide, boat left outside
Sea cucumbers being weighted.
Jivan and leva are exhausted.
I helped them to build the sea cucumber fences.
Jivan took off his shirt and started digging. He was singing some french song to me.
Came back at 2. Dog ate our food. They cooked noodles for us, tiny portions...
Swam with Nadine
Shower, walked to jose with her, bought chocolate and 10 samosa
Pineapple time
Rina, looi, nadine and I all together
Tried to talk to jivan but i think he is way too exhausted or not happy with me last nite... idk. I feel bad. They have to finish the fences tonight. Wth! Its night time
They cant do that... :(

Wednesday
Mimics with George and James
Tank leaking, george switched with me
Helped Liva with sea cucumber fence
Jaani special dinner for bday
Zebu feast for everyone
I got lots of poached egg, cheese on top. Plain and rather bad... chips was good. Cake too big
Rhum after
Talk with george, nadinr, ella, rob, looi

Thursday
Dive at 6.3
Coral garden
Point out with Ciaren and george
Me doing expert fishes
George got lost. We surfaced and come back to boat
Someone lost a weight, manjo freedive down 14m, picked up and swam quite a distance back to boat... amazing
Came running in from dive to look for result
Not working
Magz later lend me her computer to check the internet
Ed got into Oxford
I got into UEA, no clue about results, coulnt access it
Showed manjo my drawing of him :)
10.30 walk to mangily with cale, looi, nadine, delphine, ciaren
Lunch except me and Nadine
Got my results. Not so happy with econ and art
Both went to do data together, walking in mud, treading through seagrass, stepping on urchin
Bought 3 pineapple at Mangily
Walked back, rina

Friday
Dive at Ambifina
30m vis, pippa and arjen, point out/photohunt
Stone fish

Looi dropped out of Cale's aquaculture group to the southern villages: berevy and ambolabouy. I volunteered.

Walk to berevy, met pepin and fisheries guys who will take us for lunch. Must wait for him to count fishea. I joined to ID fishes myself.

Nice lunch with fish.
Walk to beach, start our survey, Nadine and I, ed and jaani, rob and cale
Nadine and I, knee deep higher in mud and seagrass for first half hour. Play with sea cucumber, talk random shit. 2 seacucumbers stuck on one of her foot as she lifted her leg up. Hilarious!
Heading back!
Bought 10 samosas with ella before dinner. Ate all!

Trivia night!
Team bean turd with Julien, Cale, beth.

Saturday
Kit up at 7am
Dive trip to Coral Garden
Nadine took pic of me, found stone fish, triton shell eating a star fish
Boys left the camp
Pineapple time with Looi, ella, nadine, cale
Nice lunch made by Victor the awesome cook
Packed my bag in the scorching heat, washed my clothes, stuff them in my bag

Walked with Ella to Eva's lodge to order dinner. We are the first customers at this new place.
Took dinner order for Nadine, Looi, Ella, Rob, Delphine and I.

With Ella to Jose, picked up Trouble' puppy and drop it off with some kid on the way to Jose.
Bought food, telma credit

Goodbye to Maggie and Beth :(

Walk to Eva's lodge, the owner asked for Gasy dancing/music ambelagasy - banjo, gasy guitars, girls singand dance
Awesome salad, ate so much, big gtilled fish, fruit salad
Said goodbye to Lauren on the way back. Im food drunk. Gave her a big hug, plan for future travel in Vietnam and Asia next year. Told her that I have lots of admiration for her and that she has to be amazing :)

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