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I did the most amazing thing today - I released some baby turtles into the sea!
On the hotel beach is a small fenced off area, where the turtle eggs are. Basically when the turtles lay their eggs in August, the hotel turtle guys re-bury them further up the beach in a protected area, being sure to bury them at exactly the same depth as the mother did. Then they label the date they were laid and approximately 60-80 days later they start to hatch.
I have been here two weeks and not a peep out of them, and then today when the guys were checking them by digging down, they found loads of little baby turtles!
This is where Juan comes in - he is a life guard at the hotel and every day he would come and said hello and shake my hand and we had a little chat in Spanglish. Anyway, he invited me a come and help release some turtles.
So, at 6pm when it was dark, I put four baby turtles onto the edge of the sea and waited for them to find their way. They seemed to be a bit sleepy so I had to nudge them along a bit, but as soon as they felt the waves washing over them they really started to move, and then they were gone.
It´s amazing to think that, if they survive, those tiny 2 inch babies will come back to that beach in 20 years time and lay their own eggs.
I think this is one unexpected experience that is going to take a lot of beating.
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Sally Piña colada.....girl after my own heart!!!
Sharon Awesome,something you'll never forget. Although keep up with the piña coladas and you might!!! X
Kirstie Yep - pina colada was in your honour Sal! Had another one for lunch today to celebrate my last few hours here - got to start as you mean to go on!
Michelle Hi Kirstie - am loving your blog, do please keep it up. Can't believe that your IT skills have slipped sufficently to be thawted by a South American security system - come on girl, get it together, we want the photos!! Your blog will be a fab record along with all your memories of those 'magic moments'. I am going to go now before I sound too much like a Martine McCutcheon song.....(retro ref) Have fun
mandy turtle experience sounds awesome! so jealous!