2017

Today once again started out with a typical breakfast. After breakfast, we had a presentation from Dr. Gore, a women who is involved in turtle tagging and conservation in the British Virgin Islands. She taught us about the history of turtles, how they evolved, and the history of conservation efforts concerning sea turtles. She also taught us about the...

Today was another long day but we got to sleep in a little and go to bed pretty early. My day started with waking up and preparing breakfast for my other cabin mates which consisted of cereal, nature bars, and honey buns. After preparing breakfast we ate and then took our taxi down to the dock where we loaded...

My last day scuba diving here at Virgin Gorda started off with breakfast served by Alamander. After breakfast we headed off to our last two tank dives. I was super excited to dive at Kodiak Queen which is one of the five boats that survived Pearl Harbor and was sunken in the BVI. When we got to Kodiak Queen...

To begin our trip after a long and tiring day of traveling on Saturday, we had a great breakfast of eggs, cliff bars, and yogurt to prepare for our dives. After we listened information about the resort we are staying at, the Guavaberry Spring Bay Resort, we rode down to the dock with our taxi driver Glenn. We were...

My day started off with the usual breakfast served by lime cabin today. After breakfast we had a meeting for our turtle tagging we were about to go on. During the meeting, we were taught how to safely catch a turtle and tag them without harming the turtle. After the meeting we split into our two boat groups and...

Today we woke extra early to provide food for our fellow travelers in the form of cereal, protein bars, and honey buns. We got up at 8:15 and made sure to show the cabin pride by spelling lime time in cereal boxes and protein bar. After that we went to the wifi room to get a briefing on the...

The morning started off with an alarm on my iPhone of Apple's "night owl" ringtone at 7:20. Immediately afterwards, I hopped out of my bed and got dressed for the snorkeling today. The plans for today was to go turtle tagging and catch invertebrates to study on land. Today, plum house was in charge of breakfast. I had a...

The morning started off with an alarm on my iPhone of Apple's "night owl" ringtone at 7:20. Immediately afterwards, I hopped out of my bed and got dressed for diving and some snorkeling. Today, another house was in charge of breakfast, so we set out for their casa. After breakfast, we hopped on a ride with Glen to the...

Today was another long day of scuba diving, snorkeling, and games on the beach. To begin the day we had a breakfast of cereal and fig newtons. After breakfast we headed down to the dock once again to load up the boats and complete our project dives. Our first dive was at "The Chimney" which was discovered by Jacques...