Didn’t think that I’d be updating this blog again so soon, but here goes. I was in London recently for a quick trip. I was invited to apply for a sponsored internship to attend an environmental planning workshop hosted by Nauru Ocean Minerals Inc (NORI). The original venue was Ghent, Belgium, however it was changed to London following the...
Day 4 – Cheetah Conservation Fund and Etosha National Park The first stop of the day was the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Otjiwarango. We got there in time to experience a cheetah run (before the sun got too hot and they would prefer to chill out than run). I’ll just have...
Day 1- Arrival in Windhoek, Namibia and Gocheganas Lodge The government of Namibia invited World and Olympic sprint champion Ambassador Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce and her husband, Jason, for an official visit to their nation. Myself and three other friends (Peta-Gay, Serika and Nicolle), as well as Shelly’s social media admin...
Finally got around to completing my record of this trip. Firstly I will show you this: Yes, that’s me… and a colossal Moray eel. I will come back to that later in the post, but you’re hooked in now right? :p April 23rd Getting information around here...
April 11th Ever been in a situation where you are given something to eat, you have no idea whatsoever what it is, but you eat it anyway because the alternative is to go hungry? No? Well I have. lol. God alone knows whatever it was that the chef gave...
April 2nd Oh what I wouldn’t give for a juicy burger right now! Or some Fried Chicken with curry gravy! Or a piece of Easter Bun! Fried dumplings!!!!! Random choices I know, but see with me, I’m dreaming here. April 3rd Last night I went fishing; Or...
I wrote these updates while I was at sea, but since I had no internet access, I wasn’t able to post them at the time. The next few posts record tidbits during the course of my 6 weeks on my life on board a vessel. March 26th- 27th I...
General Observations I’ll start off this post with some general observations about Mauritius. There were really sometimes that it reminded me of home. I suppose there are some threads of small island life that will be similar wherever you go. For instance, I don’t know if this is an island people thing...
Out and About in Mauritius The evening of my arrival, I was told by one of my roommates that there was to be an excursion the next day. The only details I got were that it involved an island off the coast of Mauritius. I decided to jump on it;...
In 2014, I was selected by the International Seabed Authority for a training programme aboard a Chinese research vessel in the Indian Ocean. The ship departed from Mauritus in March 2015 and returned to same at the end of April . These next few blog posts chronicle my time in Mauritius...
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