Pangea Seed - Shark Conservation Society

Butanding-Colored Butanding By Kichiri Soybreast Yeti March 29 & 30, 2011 Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines It isn’t everyday that one can paint on a wall without having to worry about getting in trouble for it, being harassed by cops, or with hushed whispers cloaked in the darkness of night.  As I lifted my brush and synchronized [...]

An Incredible Encounter and a Grisly Truth By PangeaSeed Philippine study tour correspondent, Ni Hsieh March 28, 2011 Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines We woke up early and set off to the tourism centre to meet with our guide who was leading our whale shark research tour that day. At the centre, we were briefed on the [...]

An Eco-Oxymoron By PangeaSeed Philippine study tour correspondent, Ni Hsieh March 28, 2011 Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines The bus ride proved to be long, uneventful, slightly bumpy and as cold as a meat locker. The seats smelled of stale sweat and the silence was occasionally broken by the wail of an irritable baby. But we arrived [...]

Stranded in Manila By PangeaSeed Philippine study tour correspondent, Ni Hsieh March 27, 2011 Manila, Philippines At breakfast, eyes were weighed down by heavy lids and conversation, slurred from the lack of sleep. It was barely 6 in the morning and I was sitting with the rest of the team for the first time. There [...]