Thursday started off with the all important total station contest. Josh was up first and set a strong time of 3mins 18 sec. Larissa was up second and clocked a time of 3 mins 30 secs and I was up third and clocked a winning time of 1 min 29 sec. All the times were PBs since Glaramara... must be the better weather conditions out here. VIDEO PENDING..
In the afternoon we revisited two of the coastal areas of interest, Pomato Point and West End in order to gather further data on the coastal erosion, if any on such areas in the time of our visit.
Friday saw us complete all planned and additional survey aims after visiting the West End Cottages. The eerie ghost town esk cottages look like something out of a Hollywood apocalypse movie, with bowls on tables, magazines open on seats with the fridge doors wide open it seems like everyone had left in a hurry. In the past these cottages have experienced extreme coastal erosion and the effects of several hurricanes. We set up controls and detailed the position of the 5 of the original 7 cottages. Hopefully this link will demonstrate the position of these cottages.
Saturday to our annoyance we had to revisit the cottages in the afternoon as our base station on the previous day had ran out of battery for the final station. This meant that we were not able to resolve the ambiguities for the final control station. Upon our return we were shocked to discover that one of the cottages we had detailed had been ripped down and was now just a hole in the ground. Despite this we enjoyed the sunset sat on the sand bags protecting the cottages enjoying a muffins and brownies courtesy of Pams bakery as the station was successfully positioned.
Sunday was the day of rest. We managed to get hold of some kayaks and paddle board, thanks to the beach club, and had a relaxing cruise around some of the reefs and bays on the island. The night involved some last minute packing before we start the long journey home.
We are planning on staying in Tortola for 2 days before our flight on Wednesday. We have a 6 hour wait in Antigua so expect more blogging activity from Antigua!
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