3 Cuban projects, one week to do them

Firstly, I really enjoyed the first week of the expedition where we learned to dive. Being out on the water and having the beauty of shallow, crystal clear water, all around you with little islands in the distance made me feel like I was on vacation.
The only thing that upset me was losing two days of diving because of weather and boat malfunctions, ALTHOUGH at the same time I was grateful for that becasue it gave me time to explore Havan which I otherwise wouldn't have been able to do.

But in terms of the research I was a bit disappointed becasue altough there were 3 projects going on I didn't feel like I was getting the true research experience. It was just data collection. We didn't get to analyze anything or see past data that the professors were working on. It was very limited and becasue of that there was a lot of free time. With that free time it was difficult finding interesting thingsto do near the end of the expedition.

But I did learn how to collect data and what it takes to be a researcher, which is a lot of patience since most of the tasks you will be doing are repeats of the previous day. I also learned a lot about the marine life in Cuba and it has come up a lot in some of the lectures I took this year so I am satisfied with the outcome.

The social experience was wonderful. From what I know there wasn't any major drama that happened and I definitiely can say I made new international friends which thankfully, I still keep in touch with.