2014 Week 2

Joey Parks It seemed fun and informative.

The day started off slowly as we were introduced to the dive staff and the agenda for the week. Casey then introduced us to the issues with sea world, particularly related the captivity of killer whales. Hank and I were then called up to debate. Hank argued that sea world was necessary because it gave people an amazing...

Today we woke up around 7:00 to meet our whole crew around 7:45. Once we were ready to go and had our equipment for the whole day, we met Glen, our bus driver, at the front entrance of the resort. We went to the same breakfast place that we went to yesterday. Instead of an omelet, I ordered a...

I've loved the water my whole life. My family being from south florida I specifically have interest in the animals and ocean in that area.

On our first day today, I got woken up at 7:00 am by the glorious noise of a rooster. We had a while to get ready in the morning, then we all met up at our taxi bus thing. We rode there until we reached the people of dive BVI. We then had breakfast and played games for...

Today, we got to sleep in until 8:00 which was very nice after a long day yesterday. Even though we got to sleep in, I woke up at 7 to go down to the wifi room. After staying there for a while, I went back up to the teacher's cabin for breakfast. For breakfast, we ate some yogurt,...

Waking up at 8 am, a welcoming change, we begin our day with a quick lunch here. After, we continue with our day. Half of use go to tag sea turtles and the other go learn about invertebrates. I went turtle tagging, perhaps one of the most interesting things I've done in my life. Joel the marine...

Today we got to sleep in a bit, not meeting up until 8. After breakfast, the "Sea Monkey" group went to turtle tag while my group, "Sea Dragon", went to Savannah Beach. This beach was sublime, lying among various mountains and flanked by the Caribbean Sea on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. ...

This morning, we were treated to a delicious and nutritious breakfast outside of the teachers cabin. After breakfast, we headed out to the boats and were given a presentation on turtles by Joel, a government official and head of the CFD. During this presentation, he demonstrated the techniques of catching the speedy creatures. After this, our group made a...