The ultimatum issued by the city council informs us we must leave by the 15th may or face the consequences of a forcible eviction. James and I ascended the flag pole for the duration of the press conference to show our commitment to occupying this site.

Unfortunately i am now the second activist in this industrial port occupation to have fallen ill to suspected pollution poisoning.I have broken out in several disturbing looking rashes,along with our interpreter i will visit the hospital first thing tomorrow morning.

As i write this the city officials return to collect our signed eviction notices.We have not signed them and request individually addressed forms. There is more accusation of our willfull blocking of their oceans day, after long amounts of dialog regarding our passion for preservation of whales, they still fail to see the irony of their accusation.

We try to explain that whales are in a way barometers of the ocean .A healthy whale and dolphin population reflects a healthy fish stock. Their blaming of whales for lack of fish is like blaming a woodpecker for deforestation!.

Wow,as soon as the city officials left a Korean opera band arrived.A male and female singer accompanied by two guitarists played powerful songs to us about whale conservation and a song called whale mother where last century the whale was respected as a food source in times of hard ship. This visit was completely out of the blue and was a very rewarding show of appreciation for our hard work.

Raoni