Baby sea turtles.

I witnessed 17 baby green sea turtles today scurrying adorably from their nest down to the sea. Actually, 15 - two of them didn't so much scurry. One was blind and going in the wrong direction and the other had deformed flippers on its left side so it couldn't walk. Those two I carried down to the water myself, and proceeded to almsot cry watching gimpy struggle in the water, unable to swim and pretty much waiting for his death.

It was probably the cutest, most magnificent thing I've ever seen, and there were lots of pictures and videos taken that will be posted as soon as I have internet access and also remember to bring my camera cord at the same time, which is not now.

I finally got to Nosy Iranja this morning, and I'm staying here two nights and working with Ignace, the turtle expert/conservation guy that WWF trained to monitor and protect the turtles since 2001. Living and eating free of charge at the hotel here, I'm staying in a bungalow deal that is pretty much the most luxurious setup in this entire country I think, except since there are no tourists right now (political crisis and all) they only run the generator for a few hours at night, and the water for only an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening.

Still hot here. The semester's coming to a close, ISP presentations are in a week and then it's travelling in Diego and then U.S.A.! Weird.

Later gators.
Love Karen