2017

July 26 - Same drill happened today, as usual, surprising I know. Because three consecutive days of long intervals of diving is basically abuse to your body, we stayed mostly toward the surface today.  Our first activity for the day was an invertebrate collection and observation. Tyler and I teamed up to go and search across the shore of a...

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, once again, started with the usual cereal and juice, but at least they had apples this time. However, as bland as the breakfast has seemingly become, today was the most exciting day yet. Today we started out the day with hearing from a British virgin island sea turtle expert. We learned about sea turtle conservation and what types...

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...

Today we took a break from diving. Instead, we decided to explore the marine life via snorkel. Me and my boat (Sea Monkeys) went turtle tagging for the morning. Our first snorkel sight was beautiful. Our boat dropped anchor in the middle of a huge beach. It was also near a resort. Me and Cole were partners. We started...

Today began very early, as the members of my cabin (The Glorious Lime House) were tasked with providing breakfast for the other people on the trip. To celebrate our mind-blowing awesomeness, we made the cereal boxes spell out "lime time," which did not attract as much recognition as it deserved. Unlike the previous 3 days, today did not feature...

Day 4 in the BVI and it was our time to make breakfast, which turned out great. After breakfast,  we went down to the docks and went on our first snorkel of the day at Mango Bay We went to a small beach on the island and looked for invertebrates in the shallow water. We found small sea pearls...

Today was yet another great day on the island. Each day is as good as the last if not better. Today was a non diving day but it was just as packed as one that is. The day started with the same ordinary breakfast and our morning breakdown of the day. Today entailed a invertebrate lab on a beautiful...

Man, I can't believe that this trip is more than halfway over! It feels like I just arrived yesterday! After a typical breakfast, the day took a unique turn. Instead of heading straight to the dock. A lady with the turtle conservation group down here gave us a 45 minute presentation on the origins of turtles, how endangered they are,...