Category: Uncategorized
-
Bull sharks
About bull sharks…. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Carcharhinus leucas TYPE: Fish DIET: Carnivore AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 16 years SIZE: 2 to 3.5 metres WEIGHT: 90 to 220 kgs Bull sharks, great whites and tiger sharks are the three species most likely to attack humans. Bull sharks get their name from their short, blunt snout, as well as their pugnacious disposition…
-
Rollercoaster
The last two months have flown by. Next week marks 5 months of living here! My divemaster is now well under way (separate post for that!), I have got the hang of the job, and I persist with learning Spanish: Duolingo informed me yesterday that I have completed 1503 lessons in 2013, taking 5503 minutes,…
-
Lost in Mexico
Today, for the first time in my life, I lost all the important bits. I had a lovely day. I went for a run, then caught the bus (colectivo) to the beach in Puerto Morelos to meet a friend. We had some food, got some shopping then caught the colectivo home. At some point on…
-
Magical Mahahual
July was the beginning of my Mexican adventure, and since then I have learnt so much, and seen some really beautiful places on work trips like Chinchorro. This weekend I had a few days off and had heard that a bestie was in town for one day only!! Car hire and Airbnb booked, I left…
-
Three Months!!
An anniversary I celebrated on Instagram on time! Here is a photographic snap shot of some of the memories…..
-
October catch up
It’s been a busy few weeks. (I wonder if there’ll be a few weeks when that’s not the case!) I’ve started my Dive Master course, the theory anyway. I’m hoping to start the practicals soon too. A few participants had a wobble which took some time to pick through, it was hard to see them…
-
Isla Mujeres
Partnerships are so important for the success of a conservation project, particularly when you’re working within a community who have had their own way of doing things. The project in Puerto Morelos has been in Mexico for long enough that some really strong partnerships have been built. The science that is taught on base, and…
-
Cockroaches
You have to get used to them here, and normally you just see the odd one if you get up in the night, but a few days ago I went into the drawer where the tin foil lives and saw three big crunchy brown cockroaches scatter. I pulled the drawer out and found two, and…
-
Chinchorro
Leaving Chinchorro made me feel more emotional than I expected after 5 days there. It has been hard to put into words what it was like there, and the impact it had. Instead I have tried to describe the island and what we did there. This experience definitely touched me more than I expected……..Jumping off…
-
Chinchorro, the beginning
The date was set, I was going off on an adventure with two volunteers from GVI: James, from the UK, and Nitza, from the US with Mexican parents so bilingual. The CRIP team (see the post about monitoring) would have all of the food and water and general supplies we would need, we just needed…
Abi's Deep Dive 