Nick Thompson '12

Today didn't start out all that fun because we had a service project. We helped out VISAR (Virgin Islands Search And Rescue). We painted their shed and cleaned out their boat and even learned CPR. After that we came back to Guavaberry and went to the beach to eat lunch. After that, Matt and I went to the hang...

Today was easily one of my favorite days here in Virgin Gorda. We didn't have to wake up for a class but instead for our very last fun dive for the trip! We went to Mountain Point for the dives for today. The dives today started out very rainy at the surface but as we descend to the ocean...

Today was awesome! We woke up and went straight down the path where the taxis always pick us up and went straight to the marina for breakfast and to leave for the day. We left after breakfast for some scuba diving at the Wreck of the Rhone which was so cool! We went down a little deeper than sixty...

Today was by far my favorite day here in the BVI! We started out in the regular classroom period of the class in Ole Yard Village where we eat breakfast every morning. Our classroom period was significantly shorter than the previous days which put everyone in a great mood. Only after about an hour and a half of classroom...

Today we finally got in the water and didn't have any "tests" to do. Paul and I were dive partners again and our group went to Ginger Island. It looked absolutely stunning from on top of the water because the water was just this awesome greenish-blue color. The only thing strange I've noticed here is that it doesn't smell...

Today we started off eating breakfast at a nearby resort and then we had orientation and stuff which lasted like 3 hours. Afterwards we stayed at that same resort and had lunch. Right after lunch we got into the boats and went out on our first dive. Our dive site was Pond Bay and it was really cool...

I finally made it through the classroom portion of the class! Everyone seems so excited to go to BVI. Today we just talked more about the actual details of the trip. Then we went over two articles from the night before about the lion fish invasion and another about leaping blennies. The article about lion fish is undoubtably the...

Today's class was structured a little bit differently than before. We started out talking about the trip a little more and getting some more details. I can really see the change in everyone's attitudes and I can tell everyone just wants to get out of the classroom portion and down to the BVI. I have to hand it to...

Today was probably my favorite day of class so far. We started out class discussing and filling outa worksheet about the two articles we read last night. The first discussion was led by Rob and Nick Dell. This article was about the mimic octopus and a species of oyster that has a very strong adhesion technique. It was very...