Day 1 - Ghost Crabs and Cats

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Greetings from Seitu, Terengganu!

After we touched down at the Terengganu Airport we headed to a local hypermart, Mydin to acquire our logistics. We split into pairs and set off in the maze of a hypermart, we originally allocated 15 minutes to finds the logistics and gather back but instead we took more than double of the allocated time. But we managed to buy the necessary items so it all worked out. 

Heading to the hypermart

At the hypermart

Finishing at the hypermart we finally headed off to The Pink House. We took a sick "Tumblr photo" at the front yard and then we took a group picture by balancing the thousand dollar camera on a bunch of bricks.

Pink House Tumblr photo

Group picture

After arriving we packed our logistics and cleaned up the pink house. 

Cleaning up the toilet

We then held a meeting with Pewanis to discuss and go through the activities that we will be undertaking over the next two weeks. A cat that lives under the Pink House came and joined the meeting. We managed to have a productive meeting discussing and confirming most of the community projects we are to undertake.

Meeting 

Cat intruding into the meeting

After the meeting we headed off to the beach. Si Jie introduced to some of the common creatures that can be found along the beach. We learned about how ghost crabs predate on turtles and how ant lion larvas hide in concentric holes waiting for its prey to come by before spurting out more sand to cause it to fall into the hole. It was educational and for many of us it helped us to better appreciate the place.

Setting off on bikes

Abbas chilling at the beach 

Abbas eating ghost crab 

Cuttlefish bone 

Drill Snail holes 

Ant Lion Larvae hiding in the sand

Since it was getting close to dinner time we left the beach and went to Kak Ta's house to have our dinner. We were treated to rice, sautéed vegetables and some omelettes. We were also  pleasantly surprised by yet another cat. 

Having dinner

Zachary touching the cat


That's all for today! More news from Project Orion VIII tomorrow!
Photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskWN3yKW 

Yours in Scouting,

Team Orion VIII

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