Today was a Continuation of the sea turtle project, we helped the Archelon volunteers locate and protect new turtle nests. We learned what goes into the process and how thorough it is. We assisted in identifying turtle tracks, determining which way they walked up to their nest and back down to the ocean, (you can tell because their fins make smiley face shapes in the sand, happy means up sad means down), measuring the distance to the ocean, relocating the nest, (only the boys group got the opportunity to do this), protecting the nest by building a bamboo fence that secures a metal grid over the nest to keep predators away and finally tagging it for identification.
After our turtle morning we heading to the main beach for our first swim in the Ionian sea, followed by a lunch in the village.
The afternoon was a quiet one that involved swimming and then giving the Vincent's, (future SMUS students and the family I taught last year), a warm welcome when they arrived to join our group. After they got settled we did a name game activity before dinner, enjoyed a great meal and then Owen, (one of the Vincent children), showed the group his drone which we used to take some incredible group photos and he got some great footage of the area from a birdseye view. Soon to be posted to the blog.
Off to Ancient Olympia next to the birthplace of the Olympics!
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