Saturday 19th February-
Yet another Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan hits tonight which means in the next couple of days its gunna be raaaam jamothed on Koh Tao! And fresh off the back of another successful full day trip and the peace and quiet we have here on the actual DAY of full moon itself, I think we’re ready for it! The only difference you’d notice is the drop in visibility we experience every month, for a few days, around full moon time… Why? Every month a full moon triggers mass reproduction among corals! The coral produces sperm/egg packages which come out of the corals' tissue and float to the surface. At this point they start to fall apart because of the water movement and when the sperm and eggs are released from these packages, they meet with either sperm or eggs from other colonies and fertilization takes place. The fertilized eggs then become free-swimming larvae, called "Planulae". Interesting stuff I tell thee! And after last years extensive coral bleaching across the globe, it’s nice to see the little buggers makin-a-sweet-lurve again!
Speaking of all things green and eco, something to make little Jen go weak at the knees, tonight we are proud to be welcoming back Dr. “Bert” Hoeksema to our parts once again! Dr. Hoeksema's specialities are marine biodiversity, marine biogeography, coral taxonomy, coral phylogeny, coral symbionts and reef coral ecology…a bit of a mouth full, I know! But good old Bert is going to be giving us a talk on the coral reefs and how best to protect and preserve these wonderfully diverse and spectacular marine habitats. Cheers Bert! After all, we do rely on our oceans reefs for a large portion of the oxygen we need to breathe… Take a second to think on that…
So, as the sun sets on yet another beautiful day on our tropical paradise of koh tao, we bid farewell to our illustrious leader, Captain James T Donaldson (Just in time to miss the full moon rush I might add!)…With the misses and baby in tow, the boss is off to spend 6 weeks in
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