2012 Week 1

Group C's article was about ecotourism, a subject that I previously knew little about. But after their presentation, it is clear that ecotourism is helpful to native people that make a living off of it, but detrimental to the environment as some species may die off. Group D's article was about the implanting of species that are not naturally...

There were four articles that were presented by groups of students today. The first group that went was my group. I explained to the class the benefits of ecotourism, including the awareness and protection of endangered species that is developed from the increased economy of an area with ecotourism. Because ecotourism provides jobs and boosts the economy, federal bans...

The organism I learned about was the nurse shark. Nurse sharks are located in the Caribbean, they can grow to be over 9 feet in length, and weigh over 300 lbs. They are very docile animals. They have thousands of tiny razor sharp teeth. I would love to see a nurse shark in the BVI.

Today our scheduled time to meet down by the taxi stop was 8:30, thirty minutes later than usual...but the chickens didn't know that. Once again I woke up before six and went out on our deck and just relaxed until it was time to get ready. At 8:30, we were picked up and headed down to the marina for...

I woke up today and went down for early breakfast at 7:45. Afterwards, we walked down to a wall at a recreational facility down the street. We were putting primer on the wall so next week the group can paint pictures of the Caribbean. It was really tough and by the end I was covered head to toe in...

When I was reading the first article, I learned the the pawi was an endangered species. I also learned that in 2004 global ecotourism grew three times faster than tourism industry. During the time I spent reading group D's article, I learned that 91 of 400 marine species in Pearl Harbor are alien. Another thing that I find out...

Sorry blog follower that this one is a little late, we just got back from a night snorkel. Today was our service project day. We were given the task to help paint a huge wall that was about 50 yards long and 8 feet tall. It was a pretty quick and painless community service project. After we finished we...

I spent the majority of the day on the Seadragon. We drove straight to the marina in the morning, and had breakfast on the boat while readying our scuba gear in preparation for our two tank dive around and in the RMS Rhone. The Rhone was a British ship that sank in 1867. I have never seen so much...

Today we got to sleep in quite a bit earlier than the previous days here in the Virgin Gorda. I got up and made tea for myself and my cabin mates: Joe Payne and Matt Mills. But after our late rise it was right to the marina where we ate our pineapple and were immediately on the move to...