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| Fraser's dolphins off Bondalem in March'12 |
When I was doing my PhD in Lovina, I was invited to a talk
at the local Rotary Club Chapter. They were excited to learn what I was doing
there; but I was more excited to learn about totally new information (at least
to me) from an expatriate lady who came all the way from Tejakula (in eastern
Buleleng Regency). The lady told me that she and her friends never bothered to go
to Lovina for dolphin watching because they had a better alternative:
Apparently, they have dolphins too in Tejakula!
I was excited and curious about the presence of another
dolphin population in Buleleng, just 50km eastward of Lovina. But I never got
to go there. I just never made time.
Anyway, when I was already working at Conservation
International (well, still is), I had several meetings with government officers
of Buleleng about Bali MPA Network (more about this in another post, perhaps). There,
I gave a presentation on the results of my PhD. To my surprise, a guy came to
see me afterwards and said that he often saw dolphins off Bondalem Village in Tejakula
(east Buleleng)! This guy (Mr Gede Mertha) is the local fisheries extension
officer, by the way, a very nice guy.
