Friday 28th November, from Montpellier. There you go! Our expedition has come to an end, we are back home (or on our way, for those of us who are not home yet). The journey was long but went well. So there won’t be any daily information on this blog any more. No picture today, it is over! (translated by Lara … Continue reading →

Tuesday 25th November, in transit at Jakarta’s airport. The day will be spent just going back to Jakarta. We are split into two different flights leaving at 2pm and 4pm. Everyone leaves the ASPOR at around 11am. While the first group is taking off, the others wait for their flight in front of the airport, where it is cooler than … Continue reading →

Monday 24th November, from the APSOR in Sorong. Today we have to clean up the Zodiac dinghies, prepare equipment checklists for each box and load the two containers. One will be sent to Montpellier and the other one to Jakarta. Once this work is done, a group leaves to go into town for grocery shopping, and also stops in a … Continue reading →

Sunday 23rd November, from the APSOR in Sorong. The days consists in unloading the dhow, as well as cleaning, sorting out and putting away the equipment. A few more efforts and quite a lot of sweat, but the return is fast-approaching. (translated by Lara Denis, L2 SVC–Life & Earth Sciences–UM2, France)

Saturday 22nd November, from the APSOR in Sorong. The journey to Sorong carries on smoothly. We dock at 5:30 pm. The students of the ASPOR are on the dock, waiting for us. They help us unload, which is very appreciated by all the passengers. The dhow, a little slower, arrives in the evening. Our Indonesian colleagues arrived with the ferry … Continue reading →