Liv in Kenya

  Returned from IDS for a few short days on the compound all together  We went bead shopping Had our last van ride Backseat girlies Threw a KSP wedding party, one of the program traditions. Congrats to Josh and Bre! Went all out and had a lot of fun with it Painted the door to the teachers hut as our parting gift to the compound and program  Finished product Said goodbye to my host mom, and all the other KSP staff. So so grateful to everyone involved with this program who made it the incredible experience that it was. Asante sana!  32 hours of traveling and a missed flight later...made it home!

Lots of mangrove time this week! Anti-poaching surveys, planting in the nursery, walking the mangrove boardwalk...   More 'groves Only way to get through food poisoning (again) is lots of Harry Potter Tagging turtles and taking their mugshots A hedgehog family! How precious Beach cleanup! So sad to see how much trash we picked up in just a small stretch of beach. And from one of the cleaner beaches too.  Sad to say goodbye to this beautiful place. These are a couple of homes from the village, an examples of the places where we traveled for turtle rescues.  Flying back to Nairobi for a few short days before HOME! The past month has been a blast with these two, going to miss them and our time at Local Ocean Conservation dearly. 

 Can't believe we've already been here for three weeks!  Lots and lots of turtles. These three were feisty! Post anti-poaching survey! We snorkeled over the reef for a couple hours to look for pieces of turtle shell. Sadly we found some, which indicates recent poaching. Also saw a huge puffer fish, zebra fish, sea snakes, urchins, starfish, stone fish... We went fishing with three local fisherman on Mida Creek. We walked out at low tide and set up a large circular fence made from palm fibers and raffia grass. In this photo I was learning to tie the knots to set up the enclosure. When the tide rises and then goes back out, the fish get caught in small pools within the fenced area. This traditional method of fishing, called uzio, is eco-friendly because there is no bycatch. Aside from slipping and landing on a jellyfish (ow ow!), this was an incredible experience. After setting up the fence we took a dugout canoe back up the creek.    The beautiful greenery and recycle...