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The Adventures at Coral World

The day after our hike on St. John, my parents and I decided to visit Coral World, where Ty works. Amber joined us as well. 

Ty was able to get us all in for free which was awesome and gave us a tour of the place. we got to watch him do a few of his animal talks. He is amazing at his job!

In the afternoon we were able to do some fun stuff. Ty got us in to do Sea Trek which is where you wear a helmet underwater. It was pretty awesome and my parent loved it. At first it was really weird because I couldn't look around and move like I do in my snorkel gear, but after getting used to it, it was fun. 

We weren't supposed to do anything fun, like try to swim or jump but at one point I turned around and I was looking at Ambers belly button cause she was jumping up and down! It was hilarious watching her do that because I could see her face but couldn't hear her, so I only imagined her giggles. Squating down and jumping was fun too. I turned to Amber and started mouthing “oompa loompa” and when we got out of the water, she said she knew exactly what I was saying. 

After the Sea Trek, Ty met us out of the water and said that we were able to do some encounters! We walked over to the shark tank where we were able to swim with the sharks. Then we got to cuddle with a sea turtle! She was super sweet. Ive held babies, but never been so close to a full grown sea turtle. That part was my favorite of the day. 

We wrapped up the day at my favorite place on Island, a sushi place. They have the best vegetarian sushi that I have ever had!


My parents left on Tuesday, after a day at the beach, to head back to the frozen tundra. I forget that it is cold other places… Sucks to be them! :P
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