2012 Week 2

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...

The Last day and the day after where memorable. We started off the last day in Virgin Gorda by eating breakfast at the teachers cabin. After breakfast we started walking down the road, to paint planters and walls close to some soccer fields and buildings. It was a very rewarding and somewhat relaxing experience. Then we head back to...

Today was the day everyone was excited about from t he beginning. We go and dive the Rhoane shipwreck. I awoke on my own to find our safe to be broken. There were 3 passports, a laptop, 3 iPads, 2 iPhones, and 2 wallets locked inside. Not good. I could not submit the previous days blog or my blog...

Today was another great day. We woke up and worked our way down to the cattle guard to get picked up by the taxi. Although my group and another group were the only ones on time, we still managed to get to olde yard, where we met our dive instructor for our daily lesson. We learned how to manage...

Made it safely to guavaberry resort last night at around 11:45. Long day of travel, here's a play by play: DFW: All nineteen of us made it to meet Coach Nevitt on time. Security was actually fairly uneventful, save for something I never foresaw. Out if the countless times that it has made it, this is the one time that...

Today was another great day on the island. In the morning we went straight to the marina and ate breakfast there. It was nice because then we could just get straight to diving. After eating we went to a dive site called the Rhone. This was a ship that sank in 1867. The ship was in the middle of...

In marine biology class today 4 groups presented and discussed over their issued articles. The four topics were Ecotoursim, Artificial reefs, Chronic oil spills, and Invasive species. For Ecotoursim, there were negative and positive effects of it. For the positive side, Ecotoursim informed many about the danger that the ecosytem and brings out awareness to those that are aren't...

The basslet is a small fish of the Grammatidae family, in the order Perciformes that reach no larger than 10 centimeters in length. They are very bright, multicolored fish that are popular in marine aquaria. In the wild, however, basslets can be found in the western Atlantic, as well as the Caribbean. As hermaphroditic fish, basslets...

Today was the best dive yet. I got up, and had to upload my blog that I wrote last night, so tucker and I got up a bit early and walked down to the lounge in order to upload. From there we walked back to grab our gear for the rest of the day, and walked back down the...