Dressed in dark colors and good walking shoes, we started out around 8 p.m. Baby turtles navigate toward the beach by following the light of the moon. However, they can easily get confused, so only our group leader had a small, red flashlight to lead us.
In broken English our guide explained, “If a turtle was to see a lot of movement or flashing lights, it might get scared and lay its eggs in the ocean instead of on the beach.