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Day 9: Fun day of Sailing & Snorkeling

May 8, 2015 - So after a LONG 8 days of health screenings, home visits, & lectures, we got to reward ourselves with some adventures for our last day together. We had breakfast at 7:30, took Ogechi to do a home visit, and then went to sail & snorkel. We got on a catamaran at 9:30am and stayed out until 3pm-ish. Our guides were awesome. We sailed to Buck Island and then got out to snorkel in shallow water for practice. The water was so beautiful! Then we sailed to the coral reef. We wore life vests and were very careful not to touch anything. It was such an amazing under-water world. We saw a shark, puffer fish, lobster, barracuda, and school of fish. The fish were so bright & colorful. The school of fish was iridescent purple & blue. Michael had a camera to take pictures under water, so I’ll share them when I get the files. It was so much fun exploring.

After we were done at the coral reefs, the guys on our boat got out some rum punch. We drank & got ready for a BBQ that they prepared at a cute little spot on STX. We had hotdogs, hamburgers, & mahi....& some people had more rum. We went to the beach to sit and eat & I took a quick little power nap under the sun. It was so relaxing. We got on the boat to come back to the harbor. We saw dolphins & turtles on the surface briefly. So cute! It was so fun spending the day sailing. I love boats. PS. We reapplied sunscreen a bajillion times and we still got burnt :( It was worth it.