2012 Week 2

Wow. What a couple of days. After a 5 hour flight to San Juan, a 30 minute flight to Beef Island, and a 20 minute boat ride to Virgin Gorda, we finally arrived. After getting our room assignments, Cabin Cedar with Dylan Dotter and Luke Curran, and meeting with Mr. Kirby and Doc, we sat down to a fine...

The above photo was taken from the patio of Cedar Cabin, in which Chris, Dylan and I are staying. When pulling up near our cabin after a long, but worthwhile, trip, one of our dive instructors, Casey, informed us that we would be staying in "one of the...

Today was a very exciting day. We had orientation in the morning which was very hard to wake up to considering that we got to our rooms so late because of the flight. The dive was amazing because I was able to see all sorts of fish. The most interesting part that I experienced was the lion fish. The...

Day 1, star date 2012, We got a late start to the day at 8:30 because of how late we got in. We met Casey, Jeff, Laura, and Brian. They are our dive masters as well as our "counselors" in a way. I got assigned to the sea dragon lead by Casey and Brian with franny and Ty, also...

It's almost finally here. 13 hours before I need to be at the airport. Luckily I got off of work early today... Why? Favoritism? Who knows. But it allowed me to take a nap and prepare myself for what could potentially be a life changing week. As far as I know, this could be the experience that sets me down...

For a class assignment, we had to research a marine organism that we might find in the British Virgin Islands. I chose the moray eel, because they are common in that area and I find them interesting. Moral Eels are long slender fishes of the family Muraenidae. They range in color depending on the species and location, and they are...

Group C’s ecotourism article really made me think about the negatives of ecotourism like never before. It brought issues to my attention such as how tourists are not as careful as they should be and how they could really cause damage to the areas they are touring. Group D’s article, taught me about how damaging a species moving...

Today we went over four group articles that talked about major issues for marine life. We were asked to write our thought over the articles. During the Article C discussion I learned that Eco tourism is essentially tourism to undisturbed ecosystems, and although it has economic benefits, Eco tourism is harmful to the habitats from careless pollution. However,...