Rehabilitated turtles

On the beach in a little swimming pool were hundreds of tiny turtles, apparently they were rescued from poachers on the island and would be released in two years when they are big enough to survive for themselves. This seemed to be a successful rescue mission by the locals as when snorkelling we saw several adult turtles munching away on coral!

Indonesia

September 17th 2007
Day 254 to Day 276 (09.09.07 - 21.09.07) Leaving Australia behind was a little sad, but actually we were ready for it, as money was running out and it was quite crippling to stay any longer on a backpacker budget, with all the expensive trips we did, all totally worth it of course, but we were soo looking forward to the rather more cheap Asia. South East Asia would be our third contient on this ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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