2016

Today is the Fourth of July ! While most of the United States citizens are enjoying BBQ and Fireworks, I am here in The British Virgin Islands enjoying the majestic beauty of the tropical islands from a special point of view. The view I refer to is the up close and personal dives that access my classmates and I...

Today was day one of the JCP Marine Biology trip, and it's the best day yet. We started off the day having a great breakfast in a local restaurant. We met the dive staff who all seemed to be pretty cool. My group and I got Beth, the best of the bunch, to be our dive master for the...

For the first flight I arrived at the airport about 20 minutes before 5 am after getting less than one hour of sleep due to a mix of excitement and anxiety. I was really looking forward to this trip especially since it is my first time traveling outside of the United States. The first and longest flight went to...

Well we made it here finally! After the anticipation, 4:00am wake up call, 5 hour flight, and 5 hour lay over, we are in paradise! It was a early bedtime last night so there wasn't much to do after arrival. The first day consisted of 6:30 wake up and 7:00 am breakfast with a quick transition to the ocean....

On July 3rd I painfully woke up at 3:55 AM for the 7:05 flight through American Airlines. Outside of my morning ritual, I said goodbye to my close friends due to the lack of cellular connection in the area of our stay and hurriedly packed my small backpack with a book, my class folder, iPad, a change of clothes,...

Today in the British Virgin Islands we started off the day by doing a practice dive. On this dive we reviewed some basic diving skills as well as did a tour of some smaller reefs. After that dive, we went to a different location and dove in an area called the chimney. It gots it's name from a rock...

   Today on my first day at the British Virgin Islands, I learned new information during scuba diving, snorkeling, and visiting the Bathes. This morning after eating breakfast my scuba team and I went on the Sea Monkey with Cassie where she showed us new techniques and information about the ocean. She showed us what fire coral looks like...

Shortly after leaving the small plane last night, we were ushered onto the transport boat between Beef Island and Virgin Gorda. On the way, we ate pizza and learned our room assignments and boat assignments. I am in a room with my research group and two other juniors. We woke up this morning to a tour by the Guavaberry...