Having just come from the Bahamas, where getting slammed by hurricanes is, unfortunately, a way of life, I picked up a few hurricane survival tips from the islanders that I thought I would share with my New England brethren, since if anybody knows how to handle hurricanes, it's the Bahamians. The traditional* way to get through a hurricane is to ( Read more... )

 Baby tropicbirds are adorable beyond all reason. Extremely sweet faces. I wanted to hug and squish them but they weren't keen on that so instead I marked their nest sites on GPS so the Bahamas National Trust could track them. Baby parrots are adorable too but in a different way because they're still at the practically-embryonic-looking stage, but ( Read more... )

 No time to write up the "bad things" post so it'll have to come later. Am in a sweltering hot car with two other girls, parked in the dark outside the house of the neighbor down the road so we can use their wireless internet. It's too hot during the day and too mosquito-y at night to attempt internet without the car. Oh the things we do for ( Read more... )

 I’ve been here for pretty much a full month and there has been lots of amazing happenings, some sobering contemplation, and some not-so-amazing drama. I’ll save the latter two for another post since I only have so much time (I have to pre-write all posts, emails, etc).

( Ramble ramble bahamas ramble )

 which is that I'm in the bahamas. ^_^

( What? Why am I in the Bahamas??? )