Last Wednesday, near Anse Governement beach, Vanessa and I had a
break down with the car. The brake was not working anymore and we were driving downhill!!
Luckily, Vanessa is a very good driver who had the situation under control
managed to stop the car with the handbrake and gradually moving to first gear ........without
even panicking! We had to wait around 2 hours the mechanic and our other
colleagues to pick us up. Anyway, it was ok, because during all this time we
were chatting J.
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| We survived! |
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| Lea trying to be superwoman! |
Wednesday 5th of June was my last patrol, I was very sad…
It was the last time for me to patrol all the beaches we monitor. I was used to
that routine for the past 5 months. I will miss every Wednesday morning,
driving with Vanessa and looking for tracks or turtles!! At Anse Government we stop 2 minutes to take a
selfie with Robinson Crusoe!....... Yes the famous Robinson Crusoe… every Wednesday
we usually see this guy (with long hair and long beard) on the beach enjoying
life, doing nothing and drinking is kaloo (local alcoholic drink made from
coconut trees)… So for my last day we decided to have a selfie with him and he
was absolutely ok with the idea!!
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| Once in a lifetime picture with Robinson Crusoe! |
5 months ago, I joined the
MCSS team. It was just amazing. I have done a lot of thing. During the two
first months, I was helping Vanessa to monitor the beaches for turtle
activities. It was lots of amazing moment with turtles (measuring the carapace,
counting the number of eggs, writing at what time she was doing each step for
the nesting process). I also had to dig the most amazing nest ever. When I was
digging one nest, we found 225 hatchlings already on their way out to the water...
Wow, I was so lucky.
During this internship, I have also done lots of birds’ survey,
setting up trap to catch terrapins and doing beach profiling every month.
Otherwise, since the first of April, we had our patient Eden that we
need to take care of every day, so since two months now, we have to forced feed
him, weigh him, and clean the tank. I will miss this beautiful marine turtle a
lot. I hope he will get better soon and will live as long
as possible, because we do our maximum for this cute turtle.
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| Feeding Eden |
Finally ....I would like to say a big thank you to Vanessa who
taught me lots of things and who has always been so nice to me. And also, a big
thank you for David, Jonny, Holly, Rebecca, Imogen and the others who were
working with me and who made my internship in Seychelles an amazing one .
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| Last beautiful picture together! |
