Palau 5 of 5
12 March 2012 | Palau
Manjula
One of the reasons we went to Palau in the first place, well off the cruiser’s beaten track, was to volunteer our boat for Palau’s first marine mammal survey that took place in February, as one of the first major steps in support of their newly created marine mammal sanctuary. We got involved through our dear friend Saras Clere’s sister and brother-in-law’s non-profit organization, Whales Alive. The project was run by the wonderful marine scientist, Olive Andrews, with a research team. It was really interesting, a lot of work, and a ton of fun, to make a long story short. The long story should be taking the form of another short video coming to you soon…ish.
Once the marine mammal survey project was finished, we prepared Endless Summer as quickly as we could for the next leg of our journey—sailing 1000 miles south through eastern Indonesia to Darwin, Australia.