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Turtle Island
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The state of Sabah is located in the Northern most portion of the
The main attractions in
Sabah Parks has created a marine park around three islands in the Sulu Sea about
Each night of the year, the turtles come up onto the beach to lay their eggs and then return to the sea. Left to nature, some of the eggs would be destroyed before they hatch, or the hatchlings would not make the journey to the water without being eaten by predators. Sabah Parks has stepped in to assist the Green Turtle population to establish itself again after reaching danger levels.
Visitors can be assured of seeing turtles arrive nightly to lay their eggs throughout the year, although, during the monsoon season from October to February, it is occasionally possible that the boat trip from
We visited the 
The island welcomed us with long white beaches. We used the day at the beach sunbathing and snorkelling.
Early afternoon we could see dark clouds and lightning from the main land, luckely for us the bad weather never reach the island.
After 18.00 we were not allowed to walk on the beach, that’s because the rangers were afraid we would disturb the turtles coming up on the beach. After a nice dinner we were told to stay at the lounge.
The rangers would call for us when we were allowed to come to the beach and see one turtle laying eggs. The time for the turtles to come up on the beach for laying eggs could have a variation from 19.
I decided to stay at the lounge as long as it required, I would not go to our shelter. To be honest, I were afraid to miss the turtle. I have looked forward for this for 2 months, and if it was required I would be up the whole night waiting.
About 20.30 the ranger called us and we followed him to “our” turtle. The turtle was a fantastic sight
The silence at the beach, the dark evening, the temperature and this fantastic creature which has been on earth for millions of years. The Park rangers remove the eggs from where they are laid and took them to a hatchery. About 70 days passes before they are hatched.
The hatchlings are then returned to the sea under the benevolent eye of the rangers. We were allowed to help the rangers return the new born hatchlings to the beach, where they race to the sea. The hatchlings size is about
We were allowed to take photos of the egg laying turtle and the hatchlings, but we were not allowed to use flash. The hatchlings could be disturbed of the light and never reach the sea. Because of this my photos are not so good, in spite of this, I hope you will enjoy them.
This was a once of a lifetime experience for me, I know I`ll never experience something that will reach up to this visit to
