2017

We had to scrape a little bit of food this morning because we were eating the leftovers from all of the breakfasts throughout the week.  I had a nutritious honeybun, a nature valley bar, and a yogurt.  I say at the same spot as yesterday and enjoyed the view n and talked to Owen.  The goal of the day...

Today was the first day of our project dives with the first site having these massive waves that made me and several others feel sick immediately with us going to snorkel immediately. We went out very far with the sea floor right below us being barely visible and seeing very brown and looked like dead or dying or coral...

Our last day in the British Virgin Islands has been another fun and engaging day. We started the day off by preparing breakfast with my project group. I spiced things up a little bit by making eggs that were thoughtfully donated to me by Eduardo. After we had a successful breakfast, we got ready to leave at 8:40 for...

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,...

Today fletcher woke me up at 7:20 and I did not want to wake up at all. We got up and got breakfast at boug and then went straight to work at the local public high school and primary school . This school was severely underfunded and there was only about 140 kids between the two. Me and Nicky...

Today began just like last morning with an early wake up and breakfast at the other students cabin, today alamander. I woke with a sunburn scratching my back and my shirt scratched my burn. We headed down to glen, we weren't late. We went first to scuba at the octopus site where they sank the Queen Kodiak. Then we...

Today's agenda consisted of the Kodiak Queen shipwreck dive, cleaning coral stations, and snorkeling next to mangroves in North Sound Bay. After a delicious breakfast, we headed out to board the Sea Dragon and sail out to the wreck site of the Kodiak Queen. The Kodiak Queen was one of the only surviving ships after the Attack on Pearl...

Today got off to a rocky start after forgetting to take my sea sickness medication. We geared up for our first dive shortly after eating a rocky breakfast crafted by the seniors, then set off for our first dive site. Today's dives were focused on our research projects which created tons of excitement. Our group, the "Children of the...

Today we woke up, on the third day, and were exhausted. I was still happy to go diving but was tired on the boat after climbing up from the water. While we scuba dived, though, I couldn't have been having more fun. Today we saw a ray swimming by as we were about 80 meters down. We did one...