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Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos October 6th 2010

As of yesterday I've officially seen all 3 shark species (reef, lemon, and nurse), a green turtle, eagle rays, and southern sting rays. I feel like I've accomplished what I came to do. I really love Wednesdays. We don't have class and I get to sleep in until 10! It's like a dream come true... well actually, I wake up at 7:50 for morning meeting (yes, I'm at summer camp) and I try really hard to stay as asleep as possible through that to make my transition back to dream land easier. Once I'm actually up, its time to go snorkeling. I didn't really sea anything cool but it was, of course, still gorgeous but with a strong current. We really only snorkeled for about 25 min today because we're getting jaded and are just too ... read more

Night Shift- Busy Signal. Listen now.

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos October 3rd 2010

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Seriously. Listen to that song. I'm pretty sure its our theme song for the trip. Its great. Well its another sunday morning on the island. In general, its too hot and sunny for my already burned skin and slight hangover... Saturday nights are really the only nights we can go out, plus our curfew (yes, we have a curfew at 11pm) is extended to 12. Everyone just goes crazy. It's pretty funny to watch it happen. Mostly, its really fun and everyone handles it well. There are of course a few exceptions but that's really how it always goes. As Daneil said, different location same thing. Its so college. Yesterday was a stellar day! I woke up with a slight hang over because the hotel had happy hour friday night, which we can't resist. I quickly ... read more

Island Time

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 29th 2010

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So I realize these are becoming less and less frequent but really most of my days are identical. We have every hour scheduled on the weekdays and saturdays and that plan rarely includes much variety. Needless to say, I am still enjoying every minute on South Caicos. Today I went for a run and ran past a few wild horses, what's better? If you haven't facebooked the pictures of the crazy 10ft tiger shark we saw some fishermen skin alive then you should do that now. They're bloody and of course very sad but it's a different culture. Cultures can't be wrong. We tried to reason with them but they just laughed. It was, however, an extremely interesting once in a lifetime event. I'm glad I stayed even though it was greusome. I really really want ... read more

Running with the big dogs

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 22nd 2010

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Well well, don't mess with hurricanes. Yesterday was a little crazy. We saw two water spouts= tornados in the sky over the water but not actually touching the water. We were getting into boats to go snorkelling in the rain when suddenly lightening/thunder/water spouts struck! It was intense. We then proceeded to take more rain showers which is so nice. I have only used 1 of my weekly freshwater showers since I arrived and I don't feel dirty at all. Its amazing. I SAW A TURTLE TODAY! It was incredible but swam away quickly. He was so small and cute, we think he was a green turtle. But the rest of snorkelling today sucked. It was extremely choppy, the hurricanes and tropical storms out on the open ocean are messing with our currents. I was exhausted. ... read more

I'm your captain

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 19th 2010

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Welll well ladies and gentlemen, I'm back. I've been pretty MIA as far as this blog goes this week but alas I'm here to udate everyone. The first order of business deals with MOHAWKS. Yes, it has become an epidemic among the SFS students. One of the girls is really into cutting/shaving hair so my bestie here, Mikenna, decided that she wanted one. She's rockin it and it seems completely crazy but she is extremely happy with her decision. The island men don't seem to hate it either, but as far as we can tell they don't really hate much of anything. One of the islanders, Money (we all hang out with him a lot so you'll be hearing many Money stories), has a friend who has decided he's in love with me. It's cute. He ... read more

Long time gone.

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 16th 2010

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It's been a while since I wrote in this so I'm sure there are a few people out there that are waiting for some sort of news... or not? Well I hurt my toe so I've been named flipper once again because I can only wear one flipper when I'm out snorkelling which sort of sucks and doesn't work well when there is a lot of current. I, of course, saw an amazing caribbean reef shark when I was practically unable to swim yesterday making me the easiest target if he were to get angry. uh oh. I think I'm settling into a routine finally. I wake up super late and stumble around still half asleep and slowly wake up during morning classes (sometimes not as much). I have a test today where we have to ... read more

This can never get old

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 9th 2010

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So. I didn't post yesterday because classes started and we still can't access the internet on our own computers thus all of the centers laptops were swamped and for homework usage only. They gave us like 6 papers to read and well that was a lot more than expected. Today we had 4 quizzes total from 3 classes. CRAZY. I thought this would be a bit more relaxed. I got good grades on 3 of them and bombed the other although truly I don't think it matters. Yesterday was the first real snorkel. We went to a place that was no more than 100 yards off of our stations coastline! Its called the admirals aquarium and its this beautiful small reef. Right away we saw a nurse shark, baraccuda sp?, and a lion fish!!! There were ... read more

Day 2- exploration

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 7th 2010

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So, while I'm still actually into this blog I figured I'd keep writing in it! Today we finally got to swim in the ocean! It was super warm and amazing. We had our swim tests which was only swimming out to a boat and back to the dock and then a 10min water tredding session. Afterwards we were able to snorkel a bit but tomorrow will be the first full on snorkeling trip out on the reef :D! Tonight we are going to go out to the local bars and that should prove interesting. We wandered around the town today and it was crazy. Everything has been destroyed by Hurricane Ike (2008). But we found the ice cream shop and discovered C&C pineapple flavored soda, yum! My face is sunburned, OUCH. I finally revealed my bottle ... read more

AMAZING

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 7th 2010

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So I've arrived safetly and I'm loving this! The kids are all great and the island is beautiful. It's extremely hot but I think I will get used to it soon. Upon arriving, we all changed into swimsuits and jumped in our salt water pool. The internet isn't working on any personal laptops so we have to use the centers computers but that's OK. A crab tried to break into my room today. We had to catch him and then release him into the brush, he didn't take to kindly to our rescue attempts. I live in a room with 3 other girls. I have the bottom bunk, which is perfect but still warm. Putting up my mosquito net was an adventure to say the least. We have a volleyball court and ping pong table that ... read more

THUNDERCATS ARE GO!

Central America Caribbean » Turks & Caicos » South Caicos September 6th 2010

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And I'm off. Goodbye US, hello CARIBBEAN! ... read more

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