Day 6

Continuing with the Project

The day started much in the same manner as the previous night, with the continuation of bringing our design project to fruition in the hope of finishing it by the days' end. Good progress was made during the morning and early afternoon, this gave us another opportunity to go snorkeling again. Not everyone (myself) could make it (due to the disabling effects of sunburn), this time Pe Shin went along as guide and showed the rest of the group around some snorkeling spots considered to be 'hidden gems', during the excursion they encountered what they described to me upon their return as 'amazing scenes', I believe the highlight was a pair of mating sea turtles - a rare sighting.

In the end we were also able to finish the construction of the bin as well, although this went on long into the night, making it a productive day all-in-all. Here are some more images of us hard at work and the final outcome of our endeavors.

Snorkeling - Part 2 (Location Undisclosed!)

Coral & other Marine Life.

Beautiful Waters.

Prototype of our Design

The Final Result of our Design.

The Group with our Design.

Marine Wildlife Conservation Projects by 'Save Koh Tao'

As part of our week on Koh Tao we also experienced some of the campaigns being undertaken on Koh Tao as a very concerted and dedicated effort to protect, prevent and rehabilitate the many species of marine life that are under threat as a result of increased tourism, illegal fishing and unsustainable development, in and around Koh Tao. 

Here are a few examples of those efforts:

Nurseries for Young Sea Turtles, to be released back into the wild.

Building of nurseries for Coral Reefs.