They passed their test!!

Underwater Discovery has posted some news to the Winterim Facebook page and they've sent us this recent update: (This is the only group photo we have so far, although we're sure they have taking many while there and we hope to see them and more beautiful ocean views!)

Hey there it’s Hannah and Lizzy blogging from Belize! 

Today (Thursday) we started off with preparing for our scuba diving by doing part one of our exam. Good news  -  we all passed! It took about four hours though so… after we were done we took a nice long swim in the ocean with the whole group. Played some football and saw some seahorses swimming about in the sun. Are you guys jealous?! You should be. :)

We then snorkeled to research the turtle grass habitat. As well as seeing a bunch of little fish and a lot of grass, we saw two sting rays swimming right next to us and also a little shark! Don’t worry, it wasn’t Jaws. Linden, our main local guide, calmed us down with a special requested chocolate concoction. 

Tomorrow (Friday) we are going out for our very first dive in our scuba gear! We are all really excited and nervous, but at least we will look amazing in our gear!

That’s it for now, stay tuned for Belize tomorrow (Friday).