On Thursday February 25 we went back to the Christoffel park to continue our search for unknown manganese mines on the side of the Seru Francisco Jobo. This time we didn't park close to the Seru Bientu but close to were the trail to the known manganese mines start. There we went uphill passing the first and second mound of the debris that came from the two mines further up the hill. After a while we reached the lower of the two mines. The entrance to that mine is blocked. During a previous visit Fred went as far as possible through the small opening but behind the opening a lot of debris blocks the entry completely. It would be interesting to investigate this mine by removing the debris so that it can be entered.

On February 18, 2016 we went back to the Christoffel park. This time an former archaeology sleuth joined us, Dirk, a long time member before he moved to The Netherlands. Being on vacation means that he can and will join us on our weekly hikes. Our target this time is the area were in the past manganese mining was done. There are known mines on the slope of the Seru Francisco Jobo but we wanted to check if there are unkown mining sites on the side of the Seru Bientu and the Seru Francisco Jobo.
Today we started at the parking lot where the path to the Seru Bientu starts. But instead of following that path we went uphill to the South of the top. We went over the ridge to walk on the slope on the Western side of the ridge. We already checked part of this slope in the past.

On February 11, 2016 the sleuths gathered around 8 AM at plantation house Dokterstuin for a trip in the area to the North-East of the plantation house in the direction of the top of the Seroe Sjajo. We had several guests this time. It would be a rather short trip because we wanted to celebrate the 70th birthday of our chieftain, François, with a lunch in the restaurant of Dokterstuin.

On Thursday February 4, 2016 at 8 AM the sleuths gathered at the beach of Daaibooi, not to go for a swim, but to start a search for niches in the top level of the cliff of the Seru Kabritu. Carel was not able to join this time but he had a special assignment for us during this hike, namely to find the rare Pilocarpus goudotianus, local name Palu kayente. So we had a double target for this hike, niches and a "hot tree" (translation of Palu kayente).
During this hike we had the same two guests that joined us in the previous week, Winnie and Frits.