Day 7 – Isabelle, Sylvia, Laila
Today was
our last morning at Maya Center. Once again, some students woke up early to go
bird watching and help cook breakfast. After, we all listened to Javier and
Juan (our guides)’s life leadership stories and brainstormed our own. After saying goodbye to Maya Center, we
hopped onto a bus and had a quick ride to Dangriga, a city on the coast. From
there we took boats to the beautiful Tobacco Caye.
We arrived
to the stunning island and had lunch soon after. We put our bags in our room
and put our bathing suits on. Matil, one of the island managers, took us on a
tour of the island and gave a presentation on snorkeling safety. Eighteen
excited students ran down to the awaiting crystal waters and hopped in with
their snorkel gear. Before witnessing the coral reef (the 2nd
largest great barrier reef in the world!), we practiced our snorkel
skillz!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then, we threw ourselves into the sparkling turquoise
waters on the other side of the island and (VERY SAFELY) swam out with Matil, an
experienced snorkeler.
After we
got out of the water, we took showers and had some free time to experience the
life changing view of the palm-treed, jewel-watered, white-sanded beauty. Hanging
on beach hammocks were the relaxed BB&N students. We ate a delicious dinner
and hung on hammocks some more. We had no idea what was coming next…
“Singing
competition!” Ms. Schultheis yelled. We split into two teams and got out pens
and paper. Ms. Schultheis gave us a word and we had to come up with as many
songs as we could in a specific amount of time that had the word in it. Once
the time was up, we had to go back and forth singing the songs on our paper
until we had no more songs. WE COULD NOT REPEAT ANY SONGZ!!!! After a few
rounds, it was a… TIE! The tie breaker was a choreographed song including the
word d-a-y. Ten minutes later, the two teams ran upstairs with wide grins. Team
2 (Laila, Isabelle, Sam, Stanley, Eli, Aidan, Ryan, Zoe, and Max) went first.
They sang happy birthday to the birthday boi Stanleyyyyy!! Team 1 went second
(Sylvia, TJD, Kaley, Luis, Adrianna, Kelsey, Andy, Alex, and Ranch) singing
Beautiful by Christina Agulaira. After some intense competition with a few raps
in between, the winning team was… TEAM 2! Team 1 did end up with the MVP of the
intense competition.
So that
ended our fantastic first day on the spectacular island. We are tired and want
to sleep now, so goodnight to all. We miss you parentsL.
Ya faves,
Laila, Isabelle, and Sylvia
P.S. The internet is a little slow here and we won't be able to upload as many pictures. Maybe we can upload some tomorrow?
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