A Reef Conservation Project in Micronesia: ULITHI ATOLL, from Deena Brabant
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The story is not over, the work is not done...
(This is a trailer for the upcoming documentary that our team's amazing videographer, Kelsey, is working on!)
Yangdidi Trailer from Kelsey Doyle on Vimeo.
www.yangdidithedoc.com
(This is a trailer for the upcoming documentary that our team's amazing videographer, Kelsey, is working on!)
Yangdidi Trailer from Kelsey Doyle on Vimeo.
www.yangdidithedoc.com
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
June 28th, before sunrise, somewhere over the
Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
We got to the small Yap airport – a brief airport, one
terminal – at 1am. On the big plane from
Guam to Honolulu, I got a whole row to myself, of which I took full
advantage. It’s the best I’ve ever slept
on a plane, ever.
We’ll land in San Francisco soon.
June 27th, 7am
Yesterday began out travels home. Up early, and back to the airport-slash-post
office to reunite with PMA pilot Amos.
Miles and Keenan and Austin meet us there, we hug and high-five and they
give us the plumeria leis they made, white and cream and pink. We exchange info. “Come back next year!”
That night, back on Yap, Sam, Kelsey, Cole, and I stay late
and the Mnuw. An exuberant group offers
us cake – they are there to watch the premier of House Hunters: Yap Edition.
Whoa! It’s them. A cultural anthropologist doing immersion
in Yap. Pretty neat. The walk back to ESA is rainy and it feels
great.
In a couple hours, we will do a cultural tour of Yap. I’m looking forward to exploring more if this
island, which seems vast and jungled compared to the islands of the Ulithi Atoll.
June 25th, 10:30pm
After breakfast, we boat to Asor to garden. We (lots of awesome ladies and us!) planted 105 sweet
potato cuttings! In the ground… in the sun's beating heat. Felt good! We soak in the ocean for a bit before going
to make lunch at Laurie’s house (the woman with the awesome garden and awesome
sense of humor). Then we depart Asor and hear to our last site in the lagoon – not for data collection, but to see the
old WWII wreckage that lies at the bottom, where a ship carrying amphibious
vehicles sank. Dolphins leap nearby. These strange man-made objects sit perfectly
visible, 30 to 60 feet below. The
surface is a shimmering cloud of silversides.
Everything is so beautiful and blue and open. Sharks cruise the bottom, over the rusted
structures. This is perfect.
We return to Falalop and cleanup our lodge home (organized
chaos). The Ulithi kids are barbecuing
in some shade down by the beach and the smell is enticing. The peachy rays of sunset approach and we all
meander around the shore, just soaking it in.
That night at dinner, with so much of the community present, we made the very best of our last night. It was the
tearjerking speechfest we all hoped it would be. It really was the best. And the barbecue was delicious.
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