2014 Week 2

Day 1 Today we woke up to the crowing of a rooster outside our door, apparently one of many roaming freely about the island. We went out and met at the bus to take us to he class room. There we met the dive BVI crew and had breakfast. Then we talked about sea world and the moral ambiguity of...

Today, I woke up to the sound of chickens. My cabin members, Hank Shotland and Matt Horvath, and I quickly got dressed and ready for our long day. We met all of our other classmates at the front entrance of the Guavaberry hotel. We were then picked up by our bus that took us to breakfast and class. We...

Today was great! My cabin group is John Sour and Ryan Brooks. We woke up and got dressed in a good time but of course we were running a little late to the group down at the bottom of the hill. From there we went into a little hotel and met Casey and Andrea and they introduced themselves to...

After a long day of traveling and a short night of rest I had to get up early and get my day started. We took a taxi to the hotel for a warm breakfast and a classroom session. We met some of the instructors and learned about what we were going to do on the island. The first topic...

Last night I had trouble falling asleep merely due to the unfamiliarity with staying a cabin with open windows and no AC. The constant insect sounds were very annoying at first, but soon grew on me as I became closer with mother nature. Long story short, I slept like a baby and had an abundant amount of energy the...

After a long day of traveling yesterday and landing at night made waking up and seeing the island for the first time that much better. The day started with a 7 am wake up call and a ride to class. In class we started with learning more about each other and what kind of shark we were. After, we...

Day 1 Arrived at the class room first thing in the morning, then Proceeded to go over the whole agenda for the week. The first activity included a debate involving the controversy over sea world's captive orcas. The arguments were that sea world gave people a chance to see things that they would otherwise not see, therefore giving them...

I joined this course because I thought it sounded interesting. I like being in the water and I like that we are learning something in the classroom and then applying it in Virgin Gorda.

Joey Parks It seemed fun and informative.