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Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Pulau Redang June 14th 2009

Selamat pagi (Good morning)! I’ll start by saying that I have added pics to the last entry so it should be a little more interesting now… I left off as we were about to embark on the last part of the field portion of the course, Pulau Redang. An hour boat ride across azure seas took us to what can only be described as paradise. Paradise might even be cutting it short. We pulled up to a diminutive sandy beach skirted on one side by coral reef and on the other by dense jungle. The beach was covered in short sticks coming out of the sand (more on that later) and there was a small hut for cooking, lectures, and where the couple of employees stay. It is called Pasir Mak Kepit, which roughly translates to ... read more
Collecting coral eating crown-of-thorns seastar
Nemos aka false clown anemonefish
Hawksbill sea turtle

Asia » Malaysia June 7th 2009

Part Deux Hello again! So since my last blog so much has happened. I left off after just getting to the primary rainforest at Bukit Rengit. We stayed there for 4 nights, foraying in and out of the jungle. Our main focus here was insects. Outside of our dorms (I think rustic is a generous term although we warmed up to them a little) were dozens of rhinoceros beetles that liked to flip themselves onto their backs and writhe around uselessly before ants “cleaned them up”. We took to flipping some of them over and rescuing them but to no avail most of the time. Another visitor to the outside of our dorm was an atlas moth, the largest species in the world. Beautiful critter with fake snake head at the tips of its wings. The ... read more
Checking out a caddisfly larva that we collected from the stream
Atlas moth outside of our dorm
Collecting terrestrial insects at night

Asia » Malaysia May 31st 2009

Malaysia Field School Penang Well I decided to start a travel blog rather than try to e-mail everyone individually. I've already been in Malaysia for almost 3 weeks. It seems like I have been here for months and at the same time it feels like I just got here. I'll write a first message catching up on the first couple of weeks and then hopefully post more regularly when I have the chance. For those who don't know I am taking a university course here in tropical field ecology through UVic and University Sains Malaysia. There is a group of 11 students on the trip, 9 from UVic and 2 Malaysian students. We started the trip by flying through Hong Kong on our way to Malaysia. We only had about 8 hours in Hong Kong but ... read more
Giant Mudskipper
Lizard
Leech filled with my blood




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