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Matthew Taylor '16

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Year 2: Final two days in the BVI

Breakfast was at plum cabin this morning and Casey brought donuts! She came in clutch haha. They were enormous too. Other than the donuts, breakfast was the same as the other days. After breakfast, I walked down to the taxi with some of my friends where Glenn was waiting. After everyone got it, Glenn took us to the beach...

Year 2: Day 6 in the BVI 

Today is our final project presentation day. The day started off the same as the others but breakfast was at Lime tree cabin. Everyone was able to sleep in 30 extra minutes this morning which was supposed to be very nice, but my other two cabin mates did not tell Luke Gomez and I up so we woke up...

Year 2: Day 5 in the BVI 

The day started off the same again but breakfast was at tamarind cabin this morning. My friend Miles and Wyatt, who are rising juniors, came in clutch by changing breakfast up a bit. They paid extra money to buy eggs for everyone and scrambled them up and it was very generous of them. After breakfast, everyone walked down to...

Year 2: Day 5 in the BVI 

The day started off the same again but breakfast was at tamarind cabin this morning. My friend Miles and Wyatt, who are rising juniors, came in clutch by changing breakfast up a bit. They paid extra money to buy eggs for everyone and scrambled them up and it was very generous of them. After breakfast, everyone walked down to...

Year 2: Day 4 in the BVI

Another day started with the same breakfast, except breakfast was held at mango cabin this morning. After that, Glenn picked us up and took us to the marina and everyone boarded their boats and set up their dive equipment. We very quickly left the marina because everyone was anxious to dive out at Ginger Island. This dive was the...

Year 2: Day 3 in the BVI

The day once again started off very early in the morning at 7 am. I slept through 6 of my alarms so thanks for my teammates/classmates for waking me up. The only difference with today's morning and yesterday's is that breakfast was at our house and the same food of fruit, cereal, fig bars, and bagels. After breakfast, I...

Year 2: Day 2 in the BVI

It was a very exciting and fun day in the ocean today. After one whole year of waiting, I was finally able to dive again! The day started off bright and early at 7:30 am when we arrived at the teachers cabin to eat breakfast. I wore my green swim suit and my blue dive BVI rash guard that...

Year 2: Day 1 in BVI

After a long day of travel through Dallas, San Juan, Tortolla, and finally Virgin Gorda, the whole group has made it safely without any problems with tickets or passports. The DFW to San Juan, Puerto Rico flight was close to 5 hours so that was a long flight, but I spent most of the flight sleeping so it wasn't...

Day 6 in the BVI

Today's morning started at 8 am at breakfast at the Marina. I ate an omelet for the third time in a row. After everyone finished eating, we all headed to our boats, grabbed my BCD, and set up my scuba equipment. We took a 15 minute boat ride to Great Dog Island for a second time. But instead of...