After just returning from Mexico yesterday, I am having Yucatán withdrawal. Just 48 hours ago, I was snorkeling along the coastal coral reefs in Puerto Morelos. It was 88 degrees. It is 43 degrees here. 🙁 The snorkeling expedition was awesome. There stretched miles of dazzling coral forests […]
Final post
This past three weeks may be some of the most substantial days in my life. I woke up at 6 in the morning, ate three meals a day, and worked all day. To be honest, I felt extremely uncomfortable when I first went to the island because of its moist and hot weather, and the […]
Last day
The past three weeks have been one of the most wonderful times in my life. There are too many memories for me to cherish and reminisce. I remember the first time I dove into the ocean—the view was beautiful, and the water was so clear, every inch of the beautiful coral reef was under my […]
A long day
We woke up in the storm this morning like yesterday, and hoping the sun will come up sooner. We went to Rock Bottom and Coconut Walk for today’s dives, and both sites were amazing. We even saw an eagle ray jumping out of the water right in front of our ship, which is quite a […]
Wonderful Sunday
We started Sunday with snorkeling in Grape Tree Bay this morning. Just like last week, the original destination—Preston Bay is too wavy for us to do any surveys, so our group, focused on staghorn coral outplants, went out into the waves in Grape Tree Bay. We decided to clean the tags of the outplants and […]
The second Monday
This Monday we went to clean our staghorn coral nursery, which was almost destroyed by diseases followed by huge hurricanes in 1970s. Every pieces of coral were so fragile yet contains tremendous vitality inside. We cleaned the algae that grow on the nursery’s structures. After the cleaning, we practiced placing transects and collecting data underwater, […]