Turtle season

A sea turtle season to remember

A lot has happened since the last blog post. And I mean A LOT. So where to begin? I'll probably try to tell our story about the 2022 turtle nesting season in chronological order, even though I might forget a few things. Let's start with July! Earlier in June, Melvin and me decided to double… Continue reading A sea turtle season to remember

nighttime action
Turtle season

Hundreds of turtles – Zero volunteers

A really slow start When we started our publicity for this years' volunteer program and received the first messages in February, noone thought that one single person eating a wild animal in China would change the world so dramatically... and maybe forever. We actually had our first volunteer reservations for June and August when the… Continue reading Hundreds of turtles – Zero volunteers

Preparation & Construction

Close to the finish line

I know, I know... it's been way too long since I wrote the last update. But here it is finally, covering everything that has happened between July and October:   A BEACH FULL OF TURTLES, AND EVEN FULLER OF PEOPLE I don't like to refer to those people as poachers, because poaching sounds like something… Continue reading Close to the finish line