2012 Week 2

It's been a been a while since we've returned from our crazy and fun adventure in the BVI and yet it hasn't seemed so long. Everything we learned and did hands on remains freshly engraved in my memory along with the people iv met. I wanted to personally thank all the Dive BVI crew, Brian, Casey, Jeff, Laura and...

Today was a really nice day because I was really able to enjoy the British virgin islands. We first woke up and ate breakfast outside in from of the counselors cabin. After this we went straight to this wall to do community service. Here what we did was we painted a portion of the wall and also concrete squares...

Our last day was filled with service and sun. For our community service, we went to a wall that was located near the highway of Virgin Gorda and painted. We tidied up murals that had been painted long before we had arrived and painted our own mural for Virgin Gorda to remember us by. Although it was community service,...

C. I learned from this article that consequences of ecotourism outweigh the benefits of it. I also learned that ecotourism agencies deceive the native people into thinking that they are protecting the environment, when they are really exploiting the natives for the their own monetary gain. D. From this article I learned that marine invasive species pose a significant...

Today as we woke up, we all knew it was going to be a great day. Seeing as we needed to get to the Rhone crash sight as soon as possible, breakfast today was light and on the dock. We sunscreened up and were off to the dive sight. We arrived about thirty minutes later after a quick boat...

This morning I woke up with no chickens outside my window, surprisingly, and took a shower. I then went and uploaded my last blog, which I will probably do tomorrow morning as well. I put my iPad back in my room, and headed down to the cattle guard, and played frisbee with everyone for a few minutes. The taxi...

I remember several years ago going for a swim at Royal Oaks country club in Dallas. The diving boards there allowed me to do something I once thought to be incredible: to dive down to the bottom of the 12 foot deep pool. The adrenaline I felt then resurfaced as I did the opposite and sank. Among more exciting...

Among the amazing and abundant animals that inhibit the BVI, the southern stingray surpasses all other forms of marine life in grace and maneuverability. The southern stingray has a diamond shaped body and dwells on the bottom of the sea, often times relying on sand to camouflage and avoid predators. Among the most recognized features of the stingray is...

Moral Eels are snake-like fish live in holes in the reef. You can distiguish moray eels by their moray long, slender, snake-like body, combined with a large set of jaws. Most species have long, sharp canine teeth but some do have low, nodular teeth. They are usually one to two metres long, though some species will reach up...