A Hop, Skip and a Jump to a Hawksbill Turtle Conservancy

cropped-logo_ie_99.jpg104th Edition, 24 October 2013

Story & Photography by Gail G. Collins

With about fifty passengers aboard, the outfitted Zenvolution left Marina Ancol a half an hour late and skipped across a flat, golden mirror of water. My husband and I felt the promise of a day of relaxation. Our eyes focused on the misty horizon, but our minds considered what swam in the sea. We thought about turtles – more directly, Hawksbill sea turtles – and imagined their burnished shells gliding amongst the coral reef, sharp beaks snapping at sponges. Continue reading “A Hop, Skip and a Jump to a Hawksbill Turtle Conservancy”