2013 Marine Bio II

Today was an amazing day. I was woken up at 7 and we went down to eat breakfast at the sitting area at guavaberry. The breakfast was great because Casey had bought huge donuts for all of us. After breakfast I was looking forward to the hike that we were going to take with the mangroves that Laura...

Discovery. Adrenaline. Position. Thrust. Contact. Escape. Pursuit. Dismay. So did my single encounter with a lionfish progress today. Once again, I've only managed to injure the infidel, though my conquest continues. Our morning began with a light breakfast but a heavy presentation by Dr. Gore on the state of the turtles in the world and in the Caribbean. Our mission...

After a long day of traveling, we were immediately greeted by the always joyful Casey and Jeff. They quickly got us onto the boat and we headed to the cabins. This year I am rooming Buck Lyon, Chris Wengierski, and Alex Curry. We were exhausted from a long day of travel so we showered up and soon went to...

Today was a great day that started off with a wonderful breakfast at Casey's office. I had an apple and an apple juice to get myself prepped for the two tank dive today. The two tank dive is where we went on two consecutive dives one after the other with two separate tanks at two separate sites. The first...

Today I woke up at around 7 and took a nice shower before we had to head down to the internet cafe for breakfast. We were treated to a nice breakfast by Casey before we took our boat, the Sea Dragon, over to Deep Bay for a snorkel. At Deep Bay, we explored the mangroves system and mapped the...

Day 5 on BVI came and went so fast that we were unable to write blogs, so let me summarize yesterday before kicking off Day 6. Soon after waking up we found ourselves at the harbor, setting up our dive equipment and heading out to perform the coral transplant. Using huge underwater balloons, we dropped our artificial reefs into...

Day 3 Great third day in the BVI. I woke up bright and early at 7 to numerous bird sounds. They were very loud and obnoxious. After a quick shower, I headed down to the commissary to have breakfast. It consisted of assorted fruits, pop tarts, donuts, and yogurt. Staying at the commissary, we were then lectured by Dr. Shannon...

Man oh man is traveling through the San Juan Airport fun. But, no matter how long and brutally bad sitting on multiple runways having your plane fixed in front of you is, there's singular thing that all Marine Biology 2 guys and our teachers were eagerly awaiting, a hug from Casey, a sarcastic remark from Jeff, a "hi-hi"...

Today, we woke up and met at the cattle guard waiting for Glenn, our taxi driver, to take us to the docks for breakfast. After a fantastic cereal and pop tart breakfast, we loaded our gear onto the boats and we headed to Wreck Alley for our two tank dive. The boat ride was about 20 minutes but it...