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Wednesday, November 02, 2005


We scuba dived twice our first full day. Wow, the water, at 73-75 degrees seemed frigid compared to the 82 degrees we had in Indonesia. We saw barramundi, trumpet fish, coral trout, reef sharks, a cowtail stingray, a moray eel, and a host of others. In the afternoon we went on the island walk. The island is only 1.8 km in circumference with a beautiful white beach. The green turtles are beginning to come to shore to lay their eggs. This is at evening high tide which is currently after 11pm, so we did not stay up late enough to go searching, but we did attend a slide show discussion on the process and how to find them. There are also Loggerhead Turtles that will be nesting soon. The vegetation on the island consists of a Pisonia Tree forest where many are over 300 years old. A hat is recommended while walking through the forest area due to the large numbers of nesting birds. There are also Casuarina trees, Pandanus palms, and octopus bush.

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