Raid Alert on Sister's Island!
First of all, I wish all of those who read this blog, a very Happy New Year!
Unfortunately, I can't put pretty pictures to illustrate the beauty of the place we visited today. Perhaps I will edit the post when I get them from Ria. Once she's edited them. If you really need to see pictures, you can go look for Cynthia's blog. I should warn you however, that that blog is not exactly PG-13 rated due to language reasons. Consider yourselves warned.
On leaving from Clifford pier, we got an explanation from the boat operator about the report of a bomb (!!!!) found at Clifford Pier that we got from a boat driver on our way home the night before. Apparently a fireworks shell from the New Year's Eve celebration landed unexploded in the sea and was picked up by a boatman.
We were greeted on the island by this really, really friendly Jack Russell Terrier. I must wonder about the family that brought that dog. After all, why would a dog want to spend more time around strangers if his family is nearby? And to make it worse for us, it was runnning round our stuff, threatening to knock over anything in its path, and I think it even knocked itself silly on one of the bench support beams. Even his owners couldn't get it to heel or sit. After a bit of reflection, I have to wonder about that dog and his family. After a bit more reflection, I guess it's not my problem.
Rain threatened to ruin our day all the way there. In fact, just as we were about to leave the designated shelter and start work, both me and Ria were looking up and thinking about putting the cameras back into their bags/boxes. We were right. Rain. For about half an hour. But the tide was still high at the time, so no big deal.
Once the rain stopped, we went to work. We spotted plenty: a mating pair of Elysia Ornata, a Bonella spp., a fair number of octopus, though only the last one appeared to be not camera shy. Or perhaps it was because he had nowhere to hide...
Oh.... highlight of the day... Hanpeng called me over to see a Eunice chomping an Elysia. Thinking I should just get a documentation shot, I started recordng, and seconds later.... The Elysia went byebye, dragged into the lair of the Eunice.
Once we were ready to pack up and go home, we found Alvin sitting at our shelter. "We were raided," says he. Sure enough, our spare camera, which was to be sent in to servicing, was found on the ground nearby, bags were open, personal drugs were strewn about, and worse still, my iPod, in its waterproof case, was missing!
The order we found missing stuff was first, Kelly's (a beachflea) shoes, a bunch of filters that Alvin had not realized was missing (those monkeys managed to open a box that even we have problems with!!!), and my iPod, out of its case, laid out nicely on one of the benches. I guess the monkeys wanted hiphop. Which will never be loaded onto any machine of mine.... :P I've now wiped the thing down with an alcohol swab from my first aid kit. I think the ear phones look a bit chewed up.
So, damage done was to one water proof case, which they managed to bite right through. I guess an investment to make before our next Sister's island trip would be laser trip wires and automatic firing chain guns....
...I can dream, can't I?
Unfortunately, I can't put pretty pictures to illustrate the beauty of the place we visited today. Perhaps I will edit the post when I get them from Ria. Once she's edited them. If you really need to see pictures, you can go look for Cynthia's blog. I should warn you however, that that blog is not exactly PG-13 rated due to language reasons. Consider yourselves warned.
On leaving from Clifford pier, we got an explanation from the boat operator about the report of a bomb (!!!!) found at Clifford Pier that we got from a boat driver on our way home the night before. Apparently a fireworks shell from the New Year's Eve celebration landed unexploded in the sea and was picked up by a boatman.
We were greeted on the island by this really, really friendly Jack Russell Terrier. I must wonder about the family that brought that dog. After all, why would a dog want to spend more time around strangers if his family is nearby? And to make it worse for us, it was runnning round our stuff, threatening to knock over anything in its path, and I think it even knocked itself silly on one of the bench support beams. Even his owners couldn't get it to heel or sit. After a bit of reflection, I have to wonder about that dog and his family. After a bit more reflection, I guess it's not my problem.
Rain threatened to ruin our day all the way there. In fact, just as we were about to leave the designated shelter and start work, both me and Ria were looking up and thinking about putting the cameras back into their bags/boxes. We were right. Rain. For about half an hour. But the tide was still high at the time, so no big deal.
Once the rain stopped, we went to work. We spotted plenty: a mating pair of Elysia Ornata, a Bonella spp., a fair number of octopus, though only the last one appeared to be not camera shy. Or perhaps it was because he had nowhere to hide...
Oh.... highlight of the day... Hanpeng called me over to see a Eunice chomping an Elysia. Thinking I should just get a documentation shot, I started recordng, and seconds later.... The Elysia went byebye, dragged into the lair of the Eunice.
Once we were ready to pack up and go home, we found Alvin sitting at our shelter. "We were raided," says he. Sure enough, our spare camera, which was to be sent in to servicing, was found on the ground nearby, bags were open, personal drugs were strewn about, and worse still, my iPod, in its waterproof case, was missing!
The order we found missing stuff was first, Kelly's (a beachflea) shoes, a bunch of filters that Alvin had not realized was missing (those monkeys managed to open a box that even we have problems with!!!), and my iPod, out of its case, laid out nicely on one of the benches. I guess the monkeys wanted hiphop. Which will never be loaded onto any machine of mine.... :P I've now wiped the thing down with an alcohol swab from my first aid kit. I think the ear phones look a bit chewed up.
So, damage done was to one water proof case, which they managed to bite right through. I guess an investment to make before our next Sister's island trip would be laser trip wires and automatic firing chain guns....
...I can dream, can't I?
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