Re: [GSAS-Member] Los Roques, Venezuela snorkeling

[macker <macker@gmail.com>]

This was the same island as the fresh lobster lunch, very tiny but only
other island with a cafe.. I asked about the sea turtles... The main island
where all the sea turtles are is a 60 minute boat ride away from Grand
Roques, and this island was 20min away. From time to time, babies get lost,
so they put them in a  tub until they get a bit bigger, then take them out
to release them.

Its important to note that Los Roques, VZ is a national park, so visitors
are limited (30/day at any time, other than locals). You also pay a fee when
you fly into the one island you can, though Los Roques comprises about 25
islands or more I believe. I think they have strict laws surrioning what you
can and cannot do in regards to wildlife, mostly fish/reef/turtles, as they
go there to mate.

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Interesting shots.
>
> What/where are the baby turtles?  Were they hatching out on the beach, or
> at a hatchery where they were raising them?
>
> Looks like it was a fun time.
>
> Years ago Erik and I used to go diving at Bonaire (the ABC islands just
> North of Venezuela).
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
>  Some of you know my wife and me were having our wedding in Los Roques,
>> Venezuela (series of islands off the coast of VZ, and national park) over
>> Christmas. We managed to spend a day snorkeling around some of the more
>> remote islands after the wedding. A few pics. Prob not the best pics, as
>> it
>> was a new 12 megapixil camera, waterproof, and didn't have time to read
>> the
>> manual. Not sure what kind of fish those are (yellow and white), but see a
>> few blue, yellow tangs. Currents were fairly strong that day, so was hard
>> to
>> get some good shots in. A few made it. At the end of the pics is wife
>> holding starfish, they like to hang out all day in the shallow playas, and
>> me holding a fat cucumber, which was pretty gross.
>>
>> Im lazy and getting back into the swing of things, so no index page for
>> now... only 5k more pics to go through.
>>
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000237.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000242.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000253.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000276.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000279.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000281.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000282.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000283.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000284.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000286.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000287.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000290.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000291.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000294.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000295.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000297.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000298.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000325.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000335.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000354.jpg
>> http://kangar.eu/pics/losroques/P1000360.jpg
>>
>> - macker
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