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The First Days



So far the trip started off alright. We had a few plane rides to get here, one to North Caroling Carolina and one to Florida. We stayed in La Quinta Inn in Florida and boarded another small private plane to get to Andros Island. Since the little journey to get where I am now, I’ve made a few friends. Shelby was one of the first new friends I made, and we rode on the first flight together to North Caroling Carolina. For both of us it was our first time… Continue

In chapter ten, Osha speaks of a trip to Nyamuk Besar to see the supposedly "Delicate tints of the coral structures, the brilliant colours of fishes, clams, sea anemones, worms, crabs, star fishes and the whole rest of reef animals..." At first Osha's journey starts off to a rocky start because he cannot find transportation the the island. Unsure that the island is even there, he does not want to spend a lot of money to go observe and be dissapointed if it is submerged in the water. Finally he… Continue

I found it a little difficult to blog over these two chapter for they speak more of Osha's experiences and information on coral reefs. Besides that point, in chapter 5 a man compares coral reefs to that of a city in present time. I like how the thought was conveyed to make us inexperienced divers realize that reefs are similar to cities, in a way. Osha begins speaking of his experiences diving at Tanjung Pisok and explains how chaotic it is due to fish swimming in and out of holes that cannot… Continue

At the beginning of chapter four Osha starts by spilling out information on a dam over flow that caused sediment to move revealing an old coral reef from the "Devonian" period. I can just imagine what it would look like although probably covered in random sorts of mud and materials, it would still be an amazing sight to see. The chapter then leads on into a corals life and what they carry with them, such as other organisms that live inside the coral. He uses unmbrellas to break down the classes… Continue

This chapter begins explaining Darwin's journey on finding and studying coral reefs. In Darwin's childhood he had always dreamed of studying biology, later in his life he decided to persue an interest in marine zoology. He then traveled on a ship, the HMS Beagle, and circumnavigated the globe stopping at different points to collect and preserve specimens such as birds, rocks, and fish. During his journey he looks at reefs like stages of life, and compares it with the life of a human. This… Continue