Swimming with the Fishes

What better way to start the weekend than going swimming in the ocean especially after being inside all day for classes. In class, we did our DAN First Aid Training. We did a bunch of hands-on skills practicing what our instructors was teaching us. So, it was nice to get outside and go for a swim. We just swam around looking at fish and corals. We had a school of Brown Chromis swimming below us and I was even able to swim through them (SO COOL!). There were two French Angelfish that were close by swimming around us and checking us out. Some of us got fairly close to them when diving down to get a closer look at them. A few other cool sighting on the swim were seeing a small barracuda and a spotted eagle ray. A barely caught a glimpse of the eagle ray as it was low on the coral reef away from us. I just floated and watched as it disappeared into the blue of the ocean. To top off the evening swim in the ocean, we watched the sunset as we casually swam back to shore.

I still can't believe that I have been living here in the Caribbean for the past three weeks. It feels like I have been here so much long. I don't see it getting old having the ocean right next door and having the opportunity to go explore the underwater world every single day. You see similar things everyday, but there is always something new to see. This has been a very valuable semester thus far and I only see it continuing to be rewarding.