Left, Lily and Adriana(Fast Eddie's little girl). Lily, is our cook and all around motherly figure. She is an amazing cook and I'm hoping to take a few new recipes home with me for those of you who don't mind the spice. Right, are some tracks from a very early return, Hawksbill turtle. SAhe came back and laid over 100 eggs two days later. Of which we are in possesion. They should hatch by the time I leave. This turtle is about 2 months early, so even though it is exciting it is also a bit concerning as to what is going on in the sea.

Stay tuned, love you all enjoy the pics.

Andy

Left, is Gaffer...local surfer, he also owns a boat which he fishes from and uses to Taxi people around the island in the summer. Center, the beach I look at daily this is just outside my chalet looking down the beach. Mostly jungle right up to the water. Right, Botok...most likely the best surfer on the beach, aside form Gaffer. He apparently won a comp on the mainland early this year and has a bit of an ego, but not much. Wave for wave...he' pretty darn good.

Septic systems put in the old fashioned way...by hand. Middle, Charlie and I havin at it. Right is Mike, Charlie and Bedin laying blocks. Left is the end product, before it collapsed and we had to dig it and lay the block again. This time I convinced them to put in baffles for lateral support. I'm experienced in things collapsing...aka big culverts. Don't over load those wall..sheer stress i tell ya! Anyway we gotter done and moved on to hole number two behind the chalets.

Far left is Charlie and Mike working on the floor boards...once we got done laying all the boards we had to grind them...with a 4" grinder. The boards are slavage from Singapore. All the wood is mostly second hand aside from some of the timber. The middle shot is the restaurant from the road. Bear in mind that before I arrived this was all jungle about 2 yards off the beach. The land has been leased for about 30 years and then they began the clearing. Reminds me very much of what it is like to build in the upper Skagit. The far right shot is the floor in the Chalets, we still have to put the walls in, but will wait to grind the floor first...yikes another floor. That when the Ipod comes in very handy.

Far left are the chalets as I first saw them. The center shot is after a week or walls and a roof. The building will ultimately be slpit into three accomodations with two bathrooms a piece. Each room can house seven volunteers. The shot far right is a look a the kitchen/restaurant. Since this photo we have finished the roof and wall on the kitchen and finished the floor as well. You will see other shots of a more finished product. The restaurant isn't what you would think of as a restaurant in the states,but is a generic word for a place to eat. This is where the volunteers will be feed.

The shot in the middle is baggage claim on Tioman, very nice! The shot far right is the first view I have of the beach in Juara. The plane landed in Tekek on the west side of the island then I had to hire a 4wd to take me to the east side, to Juara, which is where I live. The shot far left is a pic from my bedroom window, for those of you curious of how close to the beach I am. This is what I see every morning at about 7 am.

These are a few pics of Kuala Lumpur and Sinapore as well as the plane I flew into Tioman on. The plane ride was rediculously scary when we came in for a landing. The plane came in at a 90 degree anlge to the side of a mountain and then at the last minute turned onto a run way.