Our last trip blog for the Friends for Sharks 2015 World Tour focuses on diving with Projects Abroad in Thailand at the tourist hot-spot of Ao Nang – well known for its stunning beaches, beautiful island groups, warm water, coral reefs and cliff climbing.
Projects Abroad conduct 3 days of survey diving per week alternating between […]
The waters off Cambodia are shallow and warm, with many rivers bringing nutrients to the Gulf of Thailand and creating ideal conditions for coral reefs to prosper. Intense fishing pressures from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam have reduced what were probably huge fish populations though there is still much to interest SCUBA divers. With average annual […]
The constant high heat and humidity can’t stop this awesome group of volunteers and staff at Projects Abroad Koh Sdach, Cambodia!
The high temperatures make working very difficult when the wind refuses to blow across our island or when we are torn away from our beloved electric fans. It is those days that the true character […]
Whilst we have now been at the Projects Abroad Marine Project in Cambodia for a week, the loss of our laptops to hardware failure have delayed some of our blogs. Here is the last one from Fiji:
As discussed in the ‘Meet BRUV!’ blog, part of the role of a volunteer with Projects Abroad in Fiji […]
We have enjoyed another fantastic day on the tropical island of Koh Sdach with Projects Abroad, Cambodia. We spent the morning diving a nearby island with the volunteers, during which we focused on assisting a volunteer with her photography skills and Nicholas also removed some netting from a coral. The other volunteers were busy conducting […]
What at first glance might look a bit like an enormous shiny spider crab is actually a growing phenomenon in underwater species distribution research. BRUV stands for Baited Remote Underwater Video and they’re being deployed in various locations around the globe for a number of research projects. Here in Fiji, Projects Abroad are using them […]
