CoocooCaChooo, Grab Shell Dude

Heh do you remember Crush the Turtle from the movie Finding Nemo???

Well I had a the most wonderful thing happen to me, I got to release a baby turtle into the wild.

The staff at the Sheraton Hotel in Lombok have a Turtle Hatchery where they breed turtles. In order to preserve these beautiful creatures they go out to the markets and buy turtle eggs from the fisherman and bring them back to the hatchery where after about two months they are about ready to be set free.

Luckily they involve their hotel guests in this exciting event so I got to hold and set free my very own Crush. Its amazing how they know what to do when the wave takes them into the sea. A few of them were a little nervous and after numerous attempts they had to be put back in the hatchery as they were still just to small. Prehaps they will be ready in a week or two.

It was really tough to keep the tears back as they head out into the big ocean. I really hope they live to be 100 years old. Good luck dudes!!!

Trip to Lombok, Indonesia

Lombok is a small Island 20mins by air from Bali. Years before the Bali bombings it must have been bustling with tourists but unfortunately the tourists have bearly returned back to Bali so poor Lombok has been forgotten. When I arrived there I felt I had stepped back in time as horse drawn carts were the main means of transport. The poor horses were not in good condition at all and they had to share the road with motorbikes and cars hooting at them. Being an animal lover I couldn't stand to see them in the state they were and it was a good thing I didn't stay longer as all I wanted to do was to rescue all of them.




There is no income anymore for the locals as the tourists have desserted them and therefore its a very poor place. However I was lucky to stay in a nice hotel on the beach. Its a volcanic island and because of this the beach sand is black. You can swim in the sea but you have to wear shoes as the coral cuts your feet. So I skipped that part as those shoes are just so unflattering. (-:















I went with one of the pilot's to the famous Gili Islands. We had to take an old Lombok traditional fishing boat to get there, but we made it. When we arrived I was surprised at how many foreigners there were, mostly students. I thought they were all there because in the travel books Gili is famous for its great diving and snorkeling. But then as I walked around I understood why. Check out the menu board photo that I took at one of the bars, and no I don't think those mushrooms come with garlic ha ha!

Night Stop in "The Hai"

Shanghai was the destination of my first flight in my new job, I was quite nervous but the flight went really well. As for the city, well I am certainly glad I live in Hong Kong. It is very polluted as you can see by the photos. Pretty sad as I'm sure it could be quite stunning on a clear day with blue sky. Found a shop that sells chopsticks, fancy seeing that in China (-: wink wink. There are 18 million people in Shanghai and they were all out shopping on the popular Nanjing Street on Saturday afternoon. Its crazier than HK and that is hard to beat.