First Week at Maho Bay

Maho is an amazing place. I have been here for almost a week at this point and I am so glad that I made the switch. There are fun people everywhere, they are all super nice and there is always something to do, even if it is just hanging out. I am working in the kitchen and so far, everyone I work with has seemed to really like the work I have done. Usually 4 hour volunteers like me are given mostly prep responsibilities, like cutting veggies and fruit. But i must have made a good impression my first night cooking because they let me do the whole fish entree myself and also work as the line cook, cooking the meets and prepping the egg dishes, for the next morning. I have yet to work with the head chef though, I should very soon and I am very excited. He is highly trained at culinary school and I feel like every minute I spend working under him, I will learn something.
A few days after I got here we had a big beach party for all the staff and volunteers at Francis Bay. I have never swam to a party before, but that was the easiest way to get there. We barbecued on the beach and played Frisbee and swam a lot. The water is ridiculously warm and it is great to spend so much time in it. It has been raining a lot the last few days so I haven't been able to go on several hikes I had wanted to do this week, but the weather is going to break soon and we should be good. The mosquitoes haven't been too bad, but after the rain, they will get worse. There are bad ass spiders and millipedes all over and some really cool lizards and frogs, which I don't mind at all because they eat the mosquitoes. I am planning on taking a trip to the British Virgin Islands this weekend and am very excited. I have been taking less photos as the rain has been pretty torrential and I am afraid my camera getting soaked, but I have a few of the camp. The pavilion where we eat, the view from the deck, the kitchen, my buddy Zach cleaning a tent, a lizard, two of my tent and one from the Coral Bay overlook. The first one is a map of the island, so you can see where some of these places are.