Today, we finished forging an entire path around Rainbow Blue Hole after two days of work there. Hopefully the work we did will allow researchers to collect data more easily and allow eco-minded tourists to enjoy the blue hole's beauty.
Also, Rachel has tried to get us to eat left-over spaghetti from Sunday for every meal for the past two days by proudly displaying it next to the fresh food on the table. Not okay. It didn't go over well.
In the afternoon, we visited a resort on Andros, quite different than the eco-lodge we visited early in the week. It featured non-native coconut trees along its pristine paths and on our boat ride to and from the island, we saw the dredging that was going on to allow for more development.
After dinner, we had a great presentation from Prescott Smith, a local activist and fisherman who has done a lot of work to keep Andros from becoming the tourist mecca that Nassau has become. He has appealed to big companies like Lockheed Martin and to the Bahamian Parliament to stop operations bad for the environment and to promote sustainable development.
Awesome day, can't wait to be in the van again.
Stefan and Camille
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