31/05/2026
🇬🇧 ENGLISH
There are moments that shift the way you see the world.
I’d studied them long before I ever put on a mask. I knew the science — 100 million years of evolutionary history, the magnetite crystals in their cells that turn them into living compasses, capable of returning to the exact beach where they hatched after 30 years at sea. 🌊
Then I got to Raja Ampat. And nothing had prepared me for that.
Indonesia is home to six of the world’s seven sea turtle species. The Gilis, Komodo, Raja Ampat — these aren’t postcards. They’re real sanctuaries. Every adult female returns to the beach of her birth to nest. Every migration spans thousands of kilometres, guided by a sense we’ll never fully understand.
They’re my favourite aquatic animal. Not because of their grace — though that’s undeniable. But because they endure. Because they existed before the dinosaurs and they keep swimming, migrating, returning.
Protecting these waters isn’t romance. It’s responsibility.
📍 Raja Ampat, Gili Islands, National park of Komodo, South Sulawesi, Lombok - Indonesia
