Arrival

So a few people said I should blog while I'm abroad, and I decided to make an attempt. I'm sure my posts will be fairly limited and most people won't care anyways, but hey, might as well give it a shot. For those of you that don't know, I am spending the next three months on the small island of South Caicos, part of the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean. The population is about 1200, if that gives you an idea of how small the island is.

I left last night from Santa Clara, flew from SF to Dallas to Miami to Providenciales to South Caicos. By the time I was on the last leg of the journey, I was sleep deprived, dehydrated, really hungry, and sweating like crazy in the local climate, but I didn't even care. The view from the plane window was amazing, I really felt like I was flying into paradise. Beautiful blue sky filled with puffy white clouds, crystal clear blue water dotted with reefs and small islands, as far as the eye could see. The small plane dropped me and the other students off on South Caicos, and we took a van to the center that is going to be my home for a while. It is a small cluster of buildings on a cliff overlooking the sea. Words really can't describe how amazing this place is. I ate dinner in our open air dinning area while watching the sun set over the ocean, (No green flash, but I'm going to keep my eye out for it.) and it just all seems really surreal right now. I'm not even going to attempt to describe the views I have just walking around this place. I'll post pictures when I get a chance, I'm writing from one of the center computers right now cause I haven't figured out the internet on mine.

I'm about to turn in, I haven't slept in a long time. I hope my mosquito net works out for me, it was a struggle rigging it up and it turned out hella sketch. I just wanted to post that I'm here, and I'll be blogging a little bit now and then.