Met Nina Wu from the Star Advertiser today. She was interviewing me about my book "Nelson Mandela, The Boy Called Troublemaker." I've added a link to the book -- can't believe it, but its No. 2 bestseller on Amazon today :) Mandela said that everything he needed to know in his complicated life he learned while growing up in the little village of Qunu.  The book is about Mandela's childhood. I hope you enjoy it. I grew up in South Africa and lived there for 20 years before coming to Hawaii. http://www.amazon.com/Nelson-Mandela-The-Boy-Called-Troublemaker-ebook/dp/B00H5ARQWI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1386642868&sr=8-2&keywords=nelson+mandela+the+boy+called+troublemaker

Anyway -- back to Hawaii. Nina had just written about the turtles at Laniakea and she knew a lot more than I did. I love what she wrote so have added it here as I think everyone will enjoy it. The volunteers at the little cove have been tracking more than 20 turtles which are identified by their markings and scars and by tags.

There's Brutus, a 35-40 year-old male who lost part of his flipper to a tiger shark. Brutus has been hooked and entangled by he naps almost daily at Laniakea.

Hiwahiwa is a 35-year-old female with a fissure on her shell, likely from a watercraft collision. She has swam to the French Frigate islands several times.

Kaheka is a juvenile who was entangled and hurt by a fishing line and rescued and treated by a vet.

For a $25 donation you may symbolically adopt one of these honu and the funds go towards education and outreach. And you can also volunteer to be a Honu Guardian. See malamanahonu.org