2011

Today we had a relatively light schedule; we woke up at 8 then walked to the entrance of our resort where we got a taxi ride from from Speedy's. We then went to another hotel ate breakfast and began class. During class we learned about coral conservation and fish id. After this we headed to the docks and left...

Today began as usual, with a delicious breakfast at Olde Yard Village. After, we held two classroom discussions, one was over the importance of Coral Reefs and their role in our ocean's ecosystems and our lives. The other was over fish identification, where we looked at pictures and characteristics of common fish in the BVI and discussed how we...

Today started a little later than yesterday, seeming as I got to bed around an hour and a half earlier, and woke up thirty minutes later. We began the day with a coral introduction by Sam. She talked about the negative impacts on coral and how we can preserve it. After that, Andrew talked to us about the different...

12 hours of travel, the worst earache of my life, and a lot of pressure changes later, I was in the San Juan Airport buying myself a subway sandwich. I then saw a large man in a blue polo running full stride towards me, and then I thought, "that's an awefully majestic run". And that's when I realized, it...

Today was the first day of marine biology actually at BVI and I've got only 3 words to say. PAR-A-DISE. Since we arrived so late last night, we could not see the island view, but when i crawled out of bed this morning, I saw a view that I've only seen in National Geographic and hollywood films. Before I...

The day began I was tired, probably because I had received little sleep. It was 4:00am, I sat in my new home. I was nervous and afraid, could I handle being away from my loving family, I'll have to do my best. I go back to bed. An hour later I woke up only to find myself in a...

After a alarm clock malfunction, we awoke and organized our gear for the day. After a brief orientation session with the hotel's owner, we boded our taxi, Speedy's, for breakfast. We arrived at a beautiful hotel and were greeted by our four guides for the week. Sam, Andrew, Casey, and Jeff. They walked us through the program and highlighted...

The guys did great today and everyone had a successful dive. Below are several pictures - the blog posts tell the story.

The past two days have been very exciting. Yesterday was full of traveling with two different flights. The first, from DFW to San Juan was actually not that bad. Though a little long, there was a lot to do. We watched The Adjustment Bureau and some random TV shows, listened to music, and played poker. When we got to...