Conservation trip 2008

a grp of us went to Pulau Aur on Sept 25th for a 5D4N conservation trip & thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. here's a little post of the trip~

some stuffs we did...


we deployed mooring lines so that boats need not use anchors which may destroy corals.


and built artificial reefs to promote the growth of corals.


process of building the reefs..



mr. president working hard!


filing


cementing


drilling


securing broken corals


our proud creations

successfully deployed with the help of our dive masters..


Shafe, Ross & Nash


we had a leisure dive on the last day. here are some cute marine creatures we saw










and some random fun!


RAWR!


kick-ass


durians!


NP divers!



" 18 wonderful divers with a strong passion for the marine life & diving spend 05 days on the island fighting sand flies and bugs...constructing new mooring lines and artitfical reefs to give back to society. The people in Aur says a big "THANK YOU"
I SALUTE YOU GUYS & GALS...WOULD LOVE TO DIVE WITH YOU ALL AGAIN! " -Ross Valentine Errol, one of the coolest dive masters we worked with on this trip.

A big thank you to our wonderful dive masters Ross, Shafe & Nash for their help, Mr. Sek Chuan the marine biologist for his helpful opinions & knowledge, all staff in Atlantis Bay, & all the fishes in the sea! Thank you for making this trip a successful one :) !

Michelle