Day 2 – Refreshments
After a great night of sleep in the Jasmine house, I woke up to a brisk breeze racing through the window. We got ready and then went to the teachers cabin for a pre-dive breakfast. Eventually, as everyone finished their meals, we trotted down towards commissary. There, we were briefed on the ground rules of Guavaberry and entertained by...
Sauer Day 2
Today, I woke up at 7 and got ready for breakfast at 7:30 at the teacher's cabin. Breakfast was light, consisting of cereal and a roll with juice. After breakfast, I walked to the main office of the hotel, where the owner gave us a brief welcome and orientation about the hotel's policies, including using the commissary and the...
Sauer Day 2
Today, I woke up at 7 and got ready for breakfast at 7:30 at the teacher's cabin. Breakfast was light, consisting of cereal and a roll with juice. After breakfast, I walked to the main office of the hotel, where the owner gave us a brief welcome and orientation about the hotel's policies, including using the commissary and the...
Year 2: Day 2 in the BVI
It was a very exciting and fun day in the ocean today. After one whole year of waiting, I was finally able to dive again! The day started off bright and early at 7:30 am when we arrived at the teachers cabin to eat breakfast. I wore my green swim suit and my blue dive BVI rash guard that...
Year 2: Day 1 in BVI
After a long day of travel through Dallas, San Juan, Tortolla, and finally Virgin Gorda, the whole group has made it safely without any problems with tickets or passports. The DFW to San Juan, Puerto Rico flight was close to 5 hours so that was a long flight, but I spent most of the flight sleeping so it wasn't...
Suarez, Day 01
Today was an exciting day, but it was also a sad day because I realize this will be my last time coming down here and being apart of this amazing program. I could hardly go to sleep do to the fact that I was looking forward to traveling with all my friends to go help save our planet and...
Day 1 – Travel
The excitement began at around 5 a.m. with a fellow student having some trouble with his ticket information.after everything was fixed up, we gradually made our way through airport security. After we had settled down in the gate entrance, everyone frolicked off to their own restaurants. I, an avid fan of eating a champions breakfast, went to the only...
Sauer Day 1
Today, I got up at 4 AM and drove to DFW airport, where after an hour and a half wait, I boarded a plane bound to San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, I had a four hour layover and had a small, overpriced pizza for lunch. At around 5:30 PM, Iboarded another much smaller plane and flew to Tortola. I...