Getting Shown the Rhone
We began the day with a breakfast at the marina. After eating, we headed out about 20 minutes away. Once we got there, we discussed how we would be collecting and transplanting coral. We first went on a snorkel to scout out any potential areas where coral might be in need of rescuing. After returning to the boat, we...
Saving the Coral Populations and Diving the RMS Rhone!
The day started at 7:30 today! We had an 8:00 taxi to the Marina and we were told to be at the cattle guard by 7:45. We had breakfast at the marina today; I ate a banana, banana bread (cake), a cinnamon apple nutrigrain bar, and, of course, Pops. We then loaded our BCDs and regs into the boat....
Blog day 4 and 5
It was two days ago on day 4, so I don't remember the morning except we had breakfast and than left immediately for the marina. We got to the marina with an attitude some have recorded to be intimidating. It was coral replanting day. DuHduhDUMMMMMM. So we hopped in trusty sea monkey and set sail, or motor. We got...
Two Days on the Water
I slept very well a couple nights ago, as I was exhausted from the turtle chasing. We woke up, got our gear ready, and met up with the group at the cattle guard. Glen, the taxi driver, then picked us up and took us to the marina where we had breakfast of banana bread and fruit. We then got...
’twas a fun two days
I slept very well two nights ago because of the turtle catching the day before. I woke up at around 7:15 and met everyone by the cattle guard at 7:45. At around 8 our taxi came and we all hopped on to go directly to the marina to eat breakfast. For breakfast I had some fruit loops, a nature...
Day 5 and 6: The replanting of the coral and diving of the Rhone.
I am going to be writing over two days so it might be a little long. Yesterday we woke up and had a 8 o'clock bus to catch to the marina for a full day of diving. The dive was where wewere going to find coral fragments to plant. We found six pieces almost immediately and we were...
Coral Transplanting and the Rhone Dive: Day 4 and 5
Today was another fantastic day in the BVI. We went to bed around 10:30 and slept in until around 7:15. We made coffee me got our bag ready for another long but extremely fun day. Glenn picked us up around 7:45 and we headed straight to the Marina. Once we pulled up Casey was waiting the for us with...
Day 4
Last night I went to bed around 10-10:30 and woke up around 7 today. Finally getting 8 hours of sleep was very necessary and made me feel so much more refreshed. After I packed, my cabin and I walked down to the entrance where we met everyone and got a ride from the taxi to the marina for breakfast....
The Fourth and Fifth Day
Saturday and Sunday were both pretty fun, but I liked Sunday a lot more. Saturday we harvested coral for replanting and we planted it. The planting of said coral was actually quite difficult, because you had to have perfect buoyancy to be able to tie the little piece of coral to the spot we were planting them on. You...