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The train finally pulled into Bamgalore. We were never supposed to come to Bangalore, but Dr. Shanker from the Dakshin foundation was based there. Dr. Shanker has worked not exclusively on turtles for over 10 years, but an array of well structured marine conservation projects and scientific initiatives. Dr. Shanker would give us insight into [...]

Goa was well not my cup of tea, in fact not even the tea was very good. The 13 km beach was packed side by side in pubs and bars. Motorboats dragged all forms of paraphernalia behind them like water bananas, para-gliders and all that rubbish. Jet skies zoomed this way and that and the [...]

Ok yes, I have been terribly slack in the blogging arena. To be fair though both of us have been doing double duty on the work load , and for some reason mike has managed to pick up all the slack that I have been depositing in the blogging front.
But I’m making up excuses…I could [...]

Linda and I bordered a train in Goa after our diving was finished and headed off to bangalore to catch up with the Dakshin Foundation, who are integrally involved in various marine research and conservation initiatives. Getting to Bangalore on the train was, well we expected that it would be a 6 – 8 hour [...]

Mumbai was not going to release us from its clutches just yet, after visiting the fish market at the ungodly our of 5 am and been the first one on the dock, even before the fishermen and traders arrived, we decided to get a different perspective by visiting the local beach later that same evening. [...]

IT IS NOT THAT THERE ARE TOO FEW FISH IN THE SEA…… IT IS JUST THAT THERE ARE TO MANY SHARKS ON LAND….
HOW TRUE

Driving through Mumbai one definitely notices the poverty, but what you do not witness from behind the shut door and sealed window is the friendliness of the the people, the smells (some good, some less so, others, well… wow) and the sounds. Apparently Mumbai has the largest slum in Asia, and the greater majority of [...]

We have arrived in Bombay or Mumbai as it is now known. Despite all the warnings of poverty and dirt, our first impressions of India are good. We have definitely seen dirtier places and worse poverty on this expedition alone. I think what was striking was the scale of poverty. Arriving by air over Mumbai [...]

Hold your heads up high chaps, you are doing great work and we respect you for it:

Anian, China: Working on replanting the riverbank with Sheoak trees to try re-establish biodiversity in the area. The initiative is his and the finances are personal. His work is born out of a passion and he is committed to [...]

Linda and I had a bad day of thought yesterday. We have tried to get a grant or two to help the expedition financially, but rejection is all that greeted our proposals and requests. This is definitely something we are used to as we have approached over 300 funding sources with about 291 no’s, and [...]