My first day off

This is a pic when we were eating. The girl in the back is Laura, one of my roommates, the guy is Nick, and the girl in front is Naomi.

These are some of the guys. Juston is on the left, then Gabe, the guy in red is Devon, one of the interns and the girl is Catherine, the instructor from Belgium.

Going from left to right: Britta (from Alaska), Liz, Christina, Laura, and the one that got cut off is Courtney (from IL). This was after roasting marshmallows.

Hola,

Yesterday we went on our first "just for fun" snorkel. The sea was really wavey though and 3 people on my boat ended up puking. I did not puke, but I am going to look into finding some sea sickness pills. I still feel like i'm on a boat. Although it was choppy, I saw a ton of cool fish. I saw a few giant parrotfish and some other cool looking ones (I don't know what kind they were though). I tried to take some pics with my underwater camera so hopefully those turn out. I still haven't seen any sharks or turtles yet though.

After snorkeling we did community outreach. Our choices were: teach kids how to swim, play games with kids, help with an educational video, make a sign for the airport, make a sign for the cruise ship dock, or go to the old people's home. I chose to go to the old people's home since I don't like kids and since I have no artistic talents what-so-ever. The lady we got wasn't too happy to see us, she didn't talk much and when she did, I couldn't hear a word she said. The only parts I made out were that she's lived on Middle Caicos as well as South Caicos, she can't read, and she likes to go to church. A couple of the other people in our group got to talk with 2 other ladies which were really cool. Both of the other ladies were happy to talk and joke about things. One even started singing for them.

Once we got back from community outreach, we packed up to go camping on the beach. When we got to Long Beach, we put up our tents (turns out I'm horrible at it) and then had some burgers. Steve, the director of SFS in S. Caicos told us a creepy ghost story, then we roasted marshmallows. We all ended up going to bed by 11 'cuz we were all dead tired. Some people slept right on the beach while others, including myself, slept in the tent 'cuz it was really windy. At about 2 in the morning a big thunderstorm rolled in and lasted for about an hour. Some of the instructors didn't put their tents up so they ended up running back to the trucks and sleeping in there. Most other kids ran for the tents, but one guy braved the elements and stayed on the beach. This morning most of us were up by sunrise and we left around 7:00 to get back to the center.

Today is our day off so all we have to do is study and eat. Most people are going to take their freshwater shower but I haven't decided if I'm going to do that yet.