Thanksgiving in the Bahamas!

Happy Thanksgiving! The weather here this morning was still somewhat unfavorable so we headed to an area on the island called Snapshot Reef for some recreational swimming. The tourists who stay at Club Med on the island supposedly feed the fish, so there are tons of beautiful creatures here in the sea. Today for the first time I saw a barracuda as well as several sting rays. We swam out to the first reef which had many interesting corals and other living organisms. Another volunteer and I decided to be adventurous and swim a long distance out to another area of the ocean where there was a drop off. You could see the first drop off which was about 100 meters deep and we swam out even further where we were told the ocean was over 7000 meters deep! It was a little scary to be out in the middle of the ocean with nothing around you but it was a very gorgeous blue color like you’ve never seen before. This evening we will have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and then head to the lab where we will have our regular evening class. The nights have been very interesting as we have learned a great deal about important and interesting concepts, such as global warming, coral reefs, and more. Tomorrow will be our last day of going out into the water to snorkel in the morning. In the afternoon we will head out for a Bahamian lunch at a local restaurant and then prepare to depart on Saturday!