Polly's Blog

Today I met a man who lives on an island called Mandhoo. There is a big hotel on the next island. The man is very upset because the owners of the hotel have been using sand from his island to make their beach look better for tourists.

Today we stopped at another island. The people have built some concrete walls to help to stop the waves being so strong when they get to the sand. If you look at the photograph that has been taken from the sky you can see that there is no sand where there is no wall.

Today I went diving in the sea. I wanted to look at the coral reefs, which are a bit like underwater mountains. The coral reefs often surround the islands and help to stop the waves crashing onto the beach. The strong sea can sometimes damage the coral. I saw a lot of coral that had been broken. It is easy to understand how much damage the waves could do to the islands if there was no coral reefs to stop them.