Alec Sims '13

Today began as usual at 8:30 am waiting for the taxi. We then went to the marina and had breakfast at the VISAR headquarters. After breakfast we began our community service project by cleaning the boat and shed. We also painted the main headquarters. We then went to our houses and down to the beach where lunch was waiting....

*Boom...Boom* Thunder wakes me at 5 am. I hear the sound of torrential rain and thunder. The rain continues on as I again wake up at 8 am. We get ready and walk to the taxi in the rain. We make it to the Dive BVI shop and eat inside. Afterwards we get on our boats and head for...

Today began at 8:30, waiting for the taxi. We rode in the taxi to the marina where we had a delicious breakfast. After that we boarded the boats and set up our diving gear. We traveled about 20 minutes to the wreck of the Rhone for our first dive. We briefed the dive and then jumped in. We had...

Day fourteen began as Kells and I woke up to the alarm clock And David knocking on ther door. This was at 8 am. We then scrambled to get up and ready while simultaneously trying to wake up Andrew who would always look at us and then go backto bed. At 8:30 we were down waiting for the taxi...

Today we began promptly at 8:00 am. We quickly got ready and headed down to the Speedy's truck. We took the truck to the hotel where we had breakfast. After a delicious breakfast we had a class. We learned about coral preservation and fish identification. The coral presentation by Samantha was really interesting. After this we ate lunch that...

Today we began by getting up at 7:30 and meeting at the road by at 8 am to go to breakfast. We ate at a hotel near Guavaberry. We then got started talking about our schedule and we got briefed on our trip today. After this we had a great lunch and then headed over to the marina. We...

Today in class we began by going over our trip. The talk about it really got me excited and ready to go. After this we talked about Brody and Hayden's article. It was about the adaptations of the leaping blenny. This relates to marine biology because it gives us an idea of how marine organisms might have made the...

Today in class we began by finishing up our dogfish shark lab. All that me and Kells had to do was remove the skin on the head of the shark and look at the brain. The cerebellum was about the size of a cashew. Following the clean-up of this lab we began the daily discussion over the two articles....