For a couple of the days we were in Costa Rica we got to work in part of the mangrove conservation efforts. This first thing we did was water the baby plants and set aside some of the larger ones for being planted for our second day with the restoration efforts. I also sawed and … Continue reading Mangroves in Costa Rica
It’s day four of our Ireland adventure and we’re finally in Derry! The weather has honestly been wonderful; cool, refreshing, and overall nice. Today, after being fully settled, we went and met with some students of the NorthWest Regional College (and they were great to meet with an awesome sense of humor). Shortly after, we … Continue reading When in Ireland…
“It was a beautiful day today at Bonaire. We helped the Coral Restoration Foundation clean their nursery, cut and hang new pieces, and tomorrow we’ll be transplanting from the nursery to their new homes off the shores of Buddy’s Dive Resort. We had an fun evening out on the town. We ate at a Peruvian … Continue reading Coral Restoration in Bonaire by Jackey Morgan
Today was Day One of our two day Coral Reef Restoration adventure. The day started with a lecture on the corals and the procedures the class will be doing on our two dives of the day. The two dives we did were at coral nurseries, the first at Buddy’s and the other at Klein Bonaire. … Continue reading First Day of Coral Restoration in Bonaire
On Monday May 11, 2015 we have an activities day. So we decided as a group that we need to get Wi-Fi to talk to our family members and friends back in the states. It had been 5 days with no contact, so we asked to tour Puerto Jimenez which was the closest town and … Continue reading Exploring Puerto Jimenez in Costa Rica
The third day of the program, we all went out on the boats to try to catch some sea turtles. We were all excited, because that was the main reason we were there. We left the beach at 8:00 am and then took a short boat ride to a nearby beach to catch the turtles. … Continue reading Turtle day in Costa Rica
“Diving at a reef called “Alice in Wonderland” we saw a lot of amazing stuff. My favorite was the basket stars all tangled up in the gorgonians. They were everywhere and the colors were amazing!!!!” – Jody Hartlove, Bonaire 2015 Study Abroad student.
Ending our third day in Ireland, we say farewell to Dublin and welcome Derry as our new venture. Today we had a professor from the Viktor Frankl Institute talk about Frankl’s Logotherapy theory and his sentence during the Holocaust. Frankl talked about the meaning to live, and to do so you must have equal shares … Continue reading Homelessness according to Frankl
Just had our first dive of the trip! It was amazing. Some of the group went 55 feet while others went 30-40. We saw several of the fish we are learning and class and we’re able to actually identify the ones we came across. We were able to see a ton of coral and a … Continue reading First dive in Bonaire!
“This was some of our first day in Bonaire at Buddy Dive. We had orientation then unpacked and checked out our rooms before grocery shopping. The view from our bedroom is amazing. Finally we got time to take a plunge so some of us went for a sunset snorkel. Ellisha found this spotted moray eel.” … Continue reading The first day of our Bonaire Study Abroad program