2017

Today is the last of the trip. We woke up and ate breakfast at the staff's cabin. It was cereal and protein bars. After which our driver picked up the group to head down to the school to do work. We went to work first shoveling gravel into a plant display followed by dirt. I used the time to...

Nicholas Slayton, Last night, I didn't get much sleep, so in the morning, I was quite tired. After breakfast, the group went down to the Dive BVI shop, and got kitted out for our two dives. On our boat, there was Mr. Vonn, Mr. Zoltan, Ms. Tara, and Ms. Becca, as well as my group, Trip, Tyler, and Matthew, along...

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...

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,...

My last day here in the British Virgin Islands started off with breakfast served by the chaperones. After the usual breakfast, I was ready to go to the local high school to help make it look prettier. When we got to the high school, which was just down the road from where we were staying, we split up into...

July 23 - I do not know how to start this, so I am just gonna start with the trip to our first dive site, Bronco Billy. After gearing up, my group, the Mangoes consisting of myself, Tyler Ochs, Trip Hatton, and Nick Slayton, entered the water. Now if anyone reading has ever looked in Texas water, it is...

After waking up at seven o'clock, we walked over to the chaperone hut to eat breakfast. Next came our first ocean water dive at the island Bronco Billy, which went swimmingly...  I had never seen clearer water or more vibrantly colored marine life. Our first dive came to a close, and we swam to the surface for a between...

For our last full day in the BVI we began it like we began our first, with breakfast at the teacher's cabin. The breakfast was just the leftovers from the previous breakfasts meaning there was a lot of the types people didn't like. After we finished breakfast we went down to the cattleguard to catch our taxi. The first...

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...