After a long day (which began at 3am for some of us), we’ve made it in one piece.  Both Prof Peterson (Brad) and I are very impressed with the accomodations here thus far: nice rooms, excellent lab facilities, great food, and a friendly and knowledgeable staff.  Brad and I have just finished mapping out our plan of attack for the next 10 days which should include twice a day lectures and twice a day field trips with digital underwater cameras for the students to use to begin building their species lists and identification skills.  After dinner, Brad reviewed some of the organisms to be expected on the local reefs with students (see picture).