Andavadoake activities

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Amongst other non-diving activities we participated in algae farming and baobab mapping. The farming involved weighing and tying hundreds of 100g pieces of seaweed to a long piece of rope which was then anchored in the water. The idea was to provide an alternative income for the fisherman as the algae is used for allsorts of useful stuff. A rather smelly and tedious job, but someone has to do it... once! The good news was that it had grown slightly after a couple of weeks and things were looking promising.

The baobabs were just amazing trees. They store huge quantities of water and can survive without rain for 5 years. The mapping involved measuring their dimensions and plotting their location using GPS.

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Photos

Mushroom rock
On the way to algae farming

Unlikely algae farmers!
Extreme Steve and Tom

Zebu cart disaster!
Things fall apart on the way to map baobabs

Back on the straight and narrow
Anna and Gill recover from their near-death experience

Aerial view of baobabs
PS they are pretty slippery things to climb!

In the baobabs
Laure, Anna and Steph

Steve in the bush
Looking like someone from the bomb-squad he really is doing useful conservation work... honest!