2012 Week 1

Today we snorkeled in savannah bay, I thought the small coral environments were the best to experience the majority of species. I saw all different types of fish, corals, and sponges from the beautiful loud eating parrot fish to the millions of spiky sea urchins hiding in the rocks. The coolest fish was the grey ray I...

The common themes of today: bliss and lucky charms. From breakfast to dinner and everything in between, each activity was so satisfying and just an extreme joy to be a part of. The morning was peaceful, as finally nothing was in my room to wake me up! No roosters, no lizards, nothing! I woke up on my own terms and...

Stingrays are cartilaginous fishes, which are related to sharks. They usually have flattened, elongated bodies, with their eyes and fills on their dorsal surfaces and their mouths on their ventral sides of their bodies. Some species of ray have stingers in their tails, with poison glands that they primarily use for self defense against predators and humans.

I learned how currents and tides are created. The different layers of the ocean Important marine biologists Different organisms that live down in the bvi Different species of fish and how some fish are related to others I learned about different kinds of important current events surrounding marine life and biology.

Today was our service day. We got up early in the morning and walked about a half mile to the wall we where supposed to paint. around 10 30 the temperature shot up to about 98 with 170% humidity. I was actually really impressed with the speed with which we finished the wall. Afterwards we showered off back at...

In this class we learned about global warming and its negative effects on marine species population and migration We also learned about the different species in the bvis such as angle fish and damsel fish We also discussed the plate of the earth and how there movement can creat damaging volcanos and earthquakes

Today was the most exhausting but better yet exciting day of the trip so far. I woke up at 8am only to find myself throwing on my super exotic swimsuit. By 8:30am, our taxi driver Glen came by to take us to breakfast at the marina. For breakfast, I helped myself to some pineapple and then topped it off...

My first day down in the BVI started out with a nice surprise by waking up at 6 am to a bunch of roosters. Next we assembled all of our gear and then headed down to the front entrance of the resort where we were meet by our taxi. We then took this down to a hotel/resort area were...

Today was a fun and fulfilling day. We started off by waking up at 7:30 and eating breakfast down at Mr. Kirby's cabin. The banana bread and muffins are always so good here. We finished eating and went down to the school wall where we were to do our service project. We were helping an organization called Voices, who...