7/11/10 Uninhabited islands

Its been nice having a weekend break from the long days of surveying though I absolutely love going out into the village and learning about how the village residents live. Today we went in a large group to a supposed uninhabited island that the SHED foundation may purchase and use for a tourism boost. We drove for about an hour and then took another hour boat ride to the island. Funny thing about the isolated island that nobody ever stepped foot on…it has like an entire subvillage haha. Dr. Esther was so funny since she claimed that we would be exploring this new territory that was totally settled. One little baby cried when he saw me and all of us mzungus, he probably never saw anybody like us before. One of the island village guys was wearing a USC t-shirt which of course all of us Trojans found to be awesome. We hiked to the top of a small mountain slash hill and the view was so incredible. After the hike, we went to a small red sand beach briefly and then went back on the boat home. I kind of wonder if SHED is still going to claim this island as their own even with the entire subvillage there.