Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Monday - Snorkeling and Joanna's 17th Birthday


On the way to snorkel over the coral reef
Today was our last full day in the Dominican Republic. We went snorkeling in the morning and it was really fun.  We saw a barracuda. The water was so clear and blue it was awesome.
We later had a meeting with Jake Kheel, from the PuntaCana Ecological Foundation, and he talked about his job and about some of the projects going on at the Foundation. It was pretty interesting hearing about what he does to help the environment.
Later I went kayaking with Ally and Garrett. It was my first time and a lot of fun.
Beautiful water!
That night we all went to Joanna Giudicelli's house for her 17th birthday party. The food was sooo good and it was my favorite night yet. There was Dominican dancing and music and it was a great way to end this trip.
This week has been life changing and one of the best experiences of my life. I sure hope I come back next year.

Contributed by:  Ali McLaurin, Bath County



Tropical fish



Growing new coral - a Foundation project
The coral reef




Carol Nansel, Jake Kheel, Christine Hodges



Sea Kyaking


Aligda carving the pork for Joanna's birthday dinner

Everyone danced!

More dancing
Learning the merengue

Garrett learned Merengue from Nicole
Joanna's birthday cake


Heather and Ali
Christine, Cody and Jacob














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