Number 5
The good news is that I finished up in time to join some friends for a nice feast hosted by a Dutch film crew that was filming in Sette Cama, and even though it wasn’t turkey, it was fantastic fresh food, quite a luxury here! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.
While in Sette Cama I also started talking with the Eaux et Foret (Water and Forestry) guys who run the small ecomuseum here about expanding their manatee exhibit, which currently is just an incomplete skeleton lying on a table (below at left). Thanks to the generosity of my Wildlife Without Borders grant, I have money to produce permanent display panels, educational posters and pamphlets. I will also provide them with a complete skeleton (we may try to articulate it and hang it from the ceiling if we get adventurous) and old tagging gear to show some research equipment.
Gislain and Yvan run the Sette Cama Ecomusee and are excited to help with a refurbished manatee display.
Anonymous
December 6, 2008 at 9:08 amHey Lucy,
Hope all is well, it looks like you’re having some good success collecting samples this year. It’s really great to see all of your photos from the Rembo Bongo, it’s one of my favorite places in Gabon. I once spent almost a week “lost” while camping upriver from where you’ve been working, it was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I really appreciate being able to see more of that area through your photos. Thanks for keeping us all informed and best of luck with everything, you’ve really got a great thing going there.
Cheers,
Ariel