[Editor's note: posts today will be delayed/sparse as we are all hiking up Dunn's River Waterfall and exploring Ocho Rios today. stay tuned for more posts later tonight / tomorrow.]

After a small wait we are finally scuba diving. It is more beautiful than anything I could have imagined. Swimming over vast landscapes of coral, sponges, and algae is awesome. To see all of the diversity fond in the tropics in such a pristine way is a privilege not granted to many. One day after diving it was so windy out the boat was rocking hard which caused me to be sick. The lectures are finally over and the test was fair. Everyone seems more relaxed now that it is over with. We are all starting our research projects and pressing forward.

Me holding a furry sea cucumber

Salvatore Caldarello