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Kookoo's nest
This place was heaven on earth.
A remote resort with 5 huts between ocean and jungle.
A small beach restaurant run by chefs from the UK serving great local and western food.
10 days watching the sea, listening to the sound of the waves and sorting my project ideas.
Slowly, deeply resourcing.
A remote resort with 5 huts between ocean and jungle.
A small beach restaurant run by chefs from the UK serving great local and western food.
10 days watching the sea, listening to the sound of the waves and sorting my project ideas.
Slowly, deeply resourcing.
Swimming with whale sharks
Day trip to Oslob for a swim with whale sharks.
Beautiful, powerful and peaceful.
A humbling, unforgettable experience.
Beautiful, powerful and peaceful.
A humbling, unforgettable experience.
Hermit crabs house exchange
This trip taught me that hermit crabs have house exchange parties.
These are fascinating.
It turns out the shell of a hermit crab is not part of their body. It is just an empty shell they use. So, every once in a while, they need a bigger one.
When a big shell becomes available, hermit crabs gather around it and have an exchange party.
First, the biggest crab leaves his shell to grab the new one.
Then, in turn of size, each crab leaves his shell to move in the newly vacated one.
They had these every night outside of my hutt. Amazing.
These are fascinating.
It turns out the shell of a hermit crab is not part of their body. It is just an empty shell they use. So, every once in a while, they need a bigger one.
When a big shell becomes available, hermit crabs gather around it and have an exchange party.
First, the biggest crab leaves his shell to grab the new one.
Then, in turn of size, each crab leaves his shell to move in the newly vacated one.
They had these every night outside of my hutt. Amazing.
Being one with nature
One afternoon, I was alone on a small beach next to the hotel.
I noticed that if you wait in the water long enough without moving, fish come back.
So I sit in the water, in an area full of fish close to the corals and algues, and wait.
I noticed that if you wait in the water long enough without moving, fish come back.
So I sit in the water, in an area full of fish close to the corals and algues, and wait.
After 10 minutes, the fishes start coming back, minding their own business like I wasn't there.
Seeing fish actually swim towards me, not away, made me feel like I was part of nature.
I was living this moment in mindfulness when all of a sudden, something moved under my legs.
Apparently this fish thought I was a good hiding place. But it was not a regular fish. It was long. Either an eel, a morey eel or a snake, and it was hiding under my legs.
Immediately I recalled there was a poisonous snake - a sea krait - I had seen in the water multiple times that week.
I didn't see a safe way out of this.
After a few minutes wondering what to do, I figured he was not going away, and the longer I waited, the longer I risked something happening. So I just stood up.
The fish swam away in a hurry and found refuge in a rock nearby.
From his new hide out, I saw his eyes looking at me with curiosity.
It was a morey eel !
Seeing fish actually swim towards me, not away, made me feel like I was part of nature.
I was living this moment in mindfulness when all of a sudden, something moved under my legs.
Apparently this fish thought I was a good hiding place. But it was not a regular fish. It was long. Either an eel, a morey eel or a snake, and it was hiding under my legs.
Immediately I recalled there was a poisonous snake - a sea krait - I had seen in the water multiple times that week.
I didn't see a safe way out of this.
After a few minutes wondering what to do, I figured he was not going away, and the longer I waited, the longer I risked something happening. So I just stood up.
The fish swam away in a hurry and found refuge in a rock nearby.
From his new hide out, I saw his eyes looking at me with curiosity.
It was a morey eel !