2012 Week 2

Today, we tagged turtles. It was a great experience starting with a in depth and worthwhile presentation by Joel Dore who is the head of the turtle conservational effort in the BVI. We learned a lot about the different types of turtles: leatherback, green sea turtles, loggerhead, and the most common, hawksbilled turtles. A short boat ride...

Day 6 and 7: Day 6 began with another early morning but instead of meeting down at the cattle guard, we met at the teachers cabins. At there cabins we had a little breakfast and talked about what we were going to do during the day. After breadth we gathered up our stuff and headed to the walls we...

Among the amazing and abundant animals that inhibit the BVI, the southern stingray surpasses all other forms of marine life in grace and maneuverability. The southern stingray has a diamond shaped body and dwells on the bottom of the sea, often times relying on sand to camouflage and avoid predators. Among the most recognized features of the stingray is...

Today started out the same as the others. I woke up, showered, and put on my swim suit. Instead of going to the place we normally go, we headed straight towards the marina. We ate a light breakfast and got in the boat for our first dive of the day. Today we explored the rms. Rhone which is a...

Day 5, It's a bittersweet day as our last day of diving and also one of the best and my most anticipated days. We woke up to immediately go to the marina for breakfast and setting up. We had some time to relax and check out the dive shop before heading out to the bay where we're building the "Jesuit...

If you have been following my blogs, you might think that they sounded a bit rushed. This might be due to the fact that my iPad was stuck in a safe for 2 days and I had to write 4 blogs in one day so that they would be turned in on time. I will make sure that...

Today was a pretty calm day for me personally. As usual we started out by leaving for breakfast at the Old Yard. Breakfast was followed by a presentation from Laura about all the different types of sea life in Virgin Gorda. She spoke about all different types of sea life, such as sea nails, sea urchins, grouper, jellyfish, and...

Day 2, We got up at 7:30 to roosters crowing and doc knocking on the door.. We took a taxi to our meeting area where we had breakfast. Casey taught us free-diving breathing techniques while waiting on a turtle pro. We did yoga techniques and demonstrated that when our face is introduced to water, especially cold, we slow our heart...

Another great day. Although we woke up early, we were not as early as the other cabins because we were actually on time to leave in the taxi. From there we walked down to catch the taxi to go eat breakfast where we were treated with some delicious bacon. After breakfast, Laura taught the group about fish identification where...