Blue Soldier Crabs

The next day, we went walking by the beach and it was low tide

When I saw these marks on the sand, I knew that the blue soldier crabs have been here!!!  So I planned to wake up early morning the next day to check them out!

Previous entry:  A National Geographic Moment January 6, 2008

I woke up at 530am to get out by 6am.  There were workers by the beach raking the weeds and dirt on shore since it was low tide.  They have till 9 am to finish cleaning up 🙂  

Beautiful views.  So peaceful early in the morning!I waited for quite some time and could not see them!!  But after while a boatman helped me and he spotted them and called me.  You cannot see them from afar – you need to go close to where they are.  You need to have no movement or else they will hide.  What I did was walk towards them – they hide – don’t move and stay put where you are and they will come out again

Here they are