Hello fellow Iowans! We arrived safely to the Bahamas on Sunday night to the capital, Nassau. We were flying from 6:30am until about 5 in the evening so it was a long day. I actually had the opportunity to sit next to the producer of the T.V. show The Doctors, which was pretty cool. After spending the night in Nassau and meeting a few locals, we flew to the small island of San Salvador. To get here, we took a 20 passenger plane that I couldn't even stand up in! It was really beautiful flying over the clear blue water and the sandy beaches.
After we arrived here, we came to the Gerace Research Center. Right now, it is just our class and a class from New York, but by next week there will be over 100 people here. Yesterday we snorkeled right away in a reef and saw a Barracuda!!! Later on the night a few of us went tide pooling and found some pretty interesting organisms, including an octopus and many sea urchins! Today Dr. Toering lectured about some scary plants and animals we may encounter on the island including nurse sharks and jelly fish. We went snorkeling again today, my snorkeling partner (Kelsey K.) and I saw a Yellow Sting Ray and it was pretty sweet! We also saw some yellow-tailed snappers, brain coral, and parrot fish.
The island we are on is pretty small and only has a population of around 1000 people. The locals are very friendly. It's very sunny and warm-in the mid 80s. We are all getting pretty nice tans:) There is not too much to do on the island because it is very small-but we are spending a good majority on the beach. Well, that's all for now, hope May Term is going well!
Amanda Paige
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