Today is our last day. I started the morning with breakfast, reviewing my notes from the week and meeting with my group.Dr. Catapano had arranged a snorkel trip for both the undergrads and the doctoral students so we headed out for that.
Hol Chan was our first stop. We got to see different fish, sting ray, nurse sharks, sea turtles, and moray eels just to name a few of the marine life we saw. The sharks weren't as big as the ones I got to see while scuba diving, but the sea turtle was new. We snorkeled here for about 45 minutes before heading to the next spot.
Shark/Ray Alley was the next stop. For this stop, if you wanted to see anything you better get your mask and fins on quick! As soon as the anchored out, the captain began throwing sardines over the back of the catamaran. The nurse sharks and sting ray swarmed the back of the boat. In order to get in the water you had to maneuver past the sardine hungry nurse sharks. It was certainly a sight to see. I couldn't get the camera switched over fast enough to get a good picture of them because I spent so much time videotaping them under the water. 
Once we finished snorkeling, we headed over to the island of Caye Caulker for lunch and a little walking around ( I did take time to check in with the family and see how baseball was going - I was really missing the family).
The catamaran ride back to San Pedro was about an hour and forty minutes. Once back, everyone quickly dressed for dinner. Dr. Catapano had a dinner scheduled for all of the doctoral students at Caroline's. The food was amazing! We talked about our time here in Belize and the things we learned and experienced and what some of our take-aways and reflections are of the trip.
This has been a great learning experience. I will certainly be encouraging my own kids to do a study abroad time once they get to college. 
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