Swimming With The Fishies

Yesterday we went snorkeling in what is supposed to be the most beautiful part of Mauritius, Blue Bay. I've never seen water so blue and clear in my life! You can see all the way to the bottom over 20 feet deep.  There are tons of coral and fish in this area and we even saw a squid.  We had a nice glass bottom boat. I've been on them before but not in a place where there is so much wildlife right underneath the boat! We got to snorkel around for a while, and the water was so salty that you could float very easily. So nice to get into the water.

Besides our snorkeling adventure, things are going really well in Mauritius.  We have been watching the Euro Cup which is awesome since soccer isn't big in the US.  It's fun to watch it with people who truly love soccer.  All of our interns are here and we are getting started with our project.  We went to one conference called Rio +20 where we discussed our visions of a sustainable future with many local Mauritians.  It was nice to meet people form Mauritius and hear what they had to say about the problems here such as lack of recycling and lack of available water.  

We also did presentations on Monday about all the countries we have interns from.  Each country did a presentation, and it was really interesting to see pictures of the local cultures, especially food! We are very lucky to have so many great interns from so many interesting places.