Winter break is often used by students and professors alike to unwind from the last semester. They visit family members for the holidays and perhaps pick up a few more hours at work to make some extra money.
David Wyatt, a City College biology professor, broke that trend this winter break..
Wyatt led a trip of students and observers on a privately funded trip to Belize from January 4 – 16.
“I am the one that designs and oversees the trip. I design it so the casual traveler doesn’t have to worry about anything; all food and lodging is provided for in the cost,” Wyatt said. “We stay in field stations, not resorts. I make sure it’s affordable for everyone. This trip is not a class by any means and the itinerary I provide is not required.”
Wyatt has been to Belize 11 times in the past 16 years and loves bringing other adventurers along to share his love of Belize. The highlight of this last trip for Wyatt was bringing along two entomologists, scientists who study insects, who helped out with the trip and taught the group as much as they could on the insects of Belize.
While this trip was not technically associated with City College, Wyatt often brings along City College students and other faculty members who want to learn about the vast natural treasures Belize has to offer.
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The group visited many sights in Belize. Among the places they went were the Belize Zoo, Blue Creek Reserve, South Water Caye and Bocawina Rainforest Lodge.
The focus of this trip was ecotourism, a type of tourism that involves visiting undisturbed natural areas, intending to be as low-impact and often small scale as possible. Ecotourism is the No. 1 industry in Belize because most of the country is preserved natural habitat.
Pamela Morrison, secretary to City College’s president, joined Wyatt on the January trip.
“It was absolutely incredible. My favorite part about the trip was getting to swim in a river that flowed through a cave,” Morrison said.
During his next trip, Wyatt would like to embark on is a bioblitz of the Sea of Cortez in Baja Norte, Mexico, this coming June. A bioblitz is an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area, according to Wyatt. Groups of scientists, naturalists and volunteers conduct an intensive field study over a certain period of time, which in Wyatt’s case, would be two weeks.
