We were involved in our first community project today as we helped to touch up the WWF Information Centre, aka the Pink House. We had a really fun time painting the patio and touching up the railings of the house. Though it was messy and paint was everywhere on our clothes, but we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. 
What was to happen next really made our day. The team made their way to the turtle hatchery to fix a couple of new nests for new clutches of eggs. To our amazement, one nest of eggs started to hatch and hordes of little turtles started to rush out of the soil. It started with one, then two, then ten and twenty. The little guys were rushing to the fences that surrounded their nest, trying to force their way to the ocean. The interns who were with us, rushed to measure the turtles and transferred them to a container that was to be used for the release. Then out of nowhere, another nest of eggs started to hatch. The same thing happened with the tens of turtles out of the sand. It was an amazing sight and an extraordinary experience, one I would cherish forever.
Later that night, together with the WWF staff and hatchlings, the team cycled to a beach five kilometers away to bring them back to where their eggs were originally found, to be release into the ocean. Eventually we set the little ones free to embark on their arduous life journey to adulthood and perhaps one day to return to their beach of birth. Day two was definitely a day to remember and a great start to the Project.
Oh. and yes! As for the new record, this is the first time that the hatchery in Setiu has ever seen 2 batches of hatchlings emerging in the same day! (The norm is only one batch per day) Lady luck is smiling on Orion!
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