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  • Blue Ventures in Belize
    by Jon Slayer (written in February before the first Blue Ventures expedition) Belize has been a fantastic experience so far, JJ and I arrived mid-December and have been working non-stop to get an experience worthy of Blue Ventures ready for volunteers. In Sarteneja we have found a welcoming community to add...

  • Team 51 – a poetical look at Andava life!
    By Steve Richards. They would come to be known as Team 51, Once the next expedition had truly begun...

  • What is Andavadoaka about?
    by Daniella Sachs. As I sit on the porch writing this, the almost full moon casts it light on the waves crashing gently on the shore in front of the hut. In the background I can hear the vibrant Gasy music playing at the epibar as I search for the...

  • King of the Barbie!
    By Steve Richards. Thursday brings us to another blog day and to the end of the fourth of the strange 6 day weeks we operate on here...

  • A white girl fisherman!
    By Daniella Sachs. One of the most incredible experiences I have had so far was my trip south with Thomas, a former Malagasy shark fisherman who now runs the Turtle and Shark Research Project for BV...

  • An Adventure-Filled Journey to Andavadoaka
    By Daniella Sachs. Writing in retrospect is not advisable on trips such as these as each day is filled with an overwhelming amount of new sights, sounds and experiences...

  • Blue Ventures Malaysia, an exciting first year!
    By Katie Yewdall. 2009 saw the first year of Blue Ventures Malaysia (BVM). The first volunteers showed up on the 17th of April to be greeted by an excited BVM team....

  • A day in Mukut
    by Jane Westermann. Mukut certainly has an air of civic pride. Apart from the sparklingly pristine rivers, we also enjoyed wandering through the village admiring the flowering hedges surrounding villagers’ properties...

  • The Little Things in life…
    By Rebecca Karpul When my friends and family said that when you get back you are going to appreciate the smallest things, I don't think they realized how small...

  • A Medical Elective in Andavadoaka
    By Ariane Waran Liz and I arrived at Coco Beach at the beginning of September, ready to undertake our medical elective and join up with Blue Ventures FISA project.