2015 Week 2

Today was a very eventful day once again. We woke up, ate, and then headed to the marina like usual to go on our dives. But when we got there, we found out we were going to be diving down to an old ship wreck that had been there since 1876. When we got to the site, our dive...

On the second day of this trip, I was able to increase my knowledge in marine biology through two exciting dives. The first dive took us to a place called wreck alley. While going to Wreck Alley, Beth taught us the names of several islands we passed by. I saw Cooper Island, Salt Island, and Tortola island. She told...

After today I'm thoroughly exhausted and extremely happy about the course of events today. After getting situated for our second day of diving. In the Sea Monkey boat the day began, heading toward Cooper Island in order to dive wreck alley. Before the dive the boat briefed on the dive and learned we would be diving to the Beata,...

The final full day in Virgin Gorda had started at bit later, precisely thirty minutes of extra sleep. After an amazing breakfast of massive donuts and juice, we headed toward the harbor in order to snorkel to the site of a previous shipwreck where the debris had been piled up on the shore. After getting to the area our...

Day 3: This morning we woke up to the usual breakfast in the Plum cabin, I had corn pops. We then went to the boat via Glens purple pinstriped taxi wagon. As soon as we arrived we hooked up our BCD's and put on our booties and got in the water for our first dive. After seeing the abyss that...

This morning came as an abrupt and early snap back to reality after a long day of travel while my alarm blared and my roommate and I awoke. 6:30 wake up did not come easy, and after running out the door to breakfast I felt like I really still was asleep. All of this however was shortly made up...

Today started off very nice and relaxing, since we got to sleep in for 45 more minutes. We first went to Savannah Bay, where we snorkeled looking for different types of invertebrates. My group was able to find a rockboring urchin, a West Indian urchin, a pederson cleaning shrimp, a fire worm, and arrow crabs. The pederson cleaning shrimp...

Today was an interesting day that started off with sleeping in an extra twenty minutes. Then we got to leave the marine biology 2 students at the marina for their trip to Richard Branson's island, which meant we had the taxi to ourselves, which was a pleasant surprise. We made our way around the island to Savanah Bay where...

Day 2: We woke up this morning to the usual breakfast routine of cereal, fruit, and glorious juice boxes. We then prepared for the day with sunscreen and filling up on water. We then went to a dive site known as wreck ally. We saw two ships, one of which was a tugboat and the other was a ferry the...