Ocean View Plaza Hotel Pohnpei

... Philippine Sea and Pacific Ocean meeting. More stone money and ... home! We thought this was going to be a day tour and it is only 1 o'clock. Plus: we paid 15 dollars entrance fee for the villages: I thought we would see how people live here. We feel a bit screwed for our 85$. Maybe we should have gone to the tourist information or one of the bigger resorts for more value. I bring Julie's videos back, pick up my dear ratatouille, say bye to ...

... No smile, no welcome, no information. We only learn the next day: there is a restaurant and you can buy a card for wireless internet. Our room seems to be stolen out of the 70s but hey, it has airco and a fridge. http://www.yapesabayview.com/ We watch Ratatouille (bought in Bali) and love it. 25/05: Dr T is rise and shine at 9. I am not. He goes and explores while I do ... euh ... girly stuff. Back at 11 with the information. We go for lunch at the hotel ...

... year which visit. Naturally, there was a lot of excitement from locals & passengers alike as we tied up alongside the pier of one of the 245 islands, Weno. During WW11, Chuuk Lagoon became the most important central Pacific base for the Japanese. The lagoon was thought to be so impenetrable, it was called the "Gibraltar of the Pacific". The lagoon was sheltered & only had a few passageways. Unfortunately for the Japanaese ...

... We were luck and were able to swim 20-30 feet down right so where they were swimming. I noticed my sister freeze when she went for her dive and quickly found out why because there was a shark at the bottom. The guide reassured me that they will not attack because they are so well feed from the coral reef. The next couple of days we did a lot of day trips around the island to waterfalls and to explore. My sister had us over to here host family house for a ...

... photo taken with them so my friends back in the states can see. I also visited some ruins called Nan Madol. It is situated on 92 artificial islands just off the east coast of Pohnpei Island. It's construction was started between 1100 and 1200 AD and went on for 200-300 years. It was a political, social and religious center during the Saudeleur dynasty. Wide basalt pillars formed ...

... waterfall called Kepirohi Waterfall. Very near there I also visited some ruins called Nan Madol. The ruins are on some artificial islands off the east coast. It's construction was started around 1100-1200 AD. The stones are called basalt and formed naturally into the hexagonal columns you see in the picture. They were quarried on Pohnpei and hauled to the site by raft then stacked horizontally around the islands creating retaining walls. The ...

... lives, and also to start thinking about the future. Some will stay in Micronesia, most will leave. But we will be forever changed by what we have experienced here in the Pacific. Yap is a beautiful island; they fiercly hold onto their traditions, as you can see with the traditional mens dance that we were honored to behold. This was a true life moment, that I will always remember-the dance was that powerful. The trip was only 5 days, but a lot was ...

... an entire school year over, what a flash. I feel satisfied and contented with what I have done, to improve the english of 19 eighth graders. For those 19, I feel like I have made a difference. And that makes a big difference to me. Seeing them off is hard; but my village is a small place, and I will see them all again. Probably more than I want to! There will be a fresh crop of students next year, but they will not be able to replace the 19 that have become my friends, and ...

... Vietnam.....one thing about pohnpei is that you really have to work to get here.....some highlights and some pics, and a belated happy new years to all..... the weekend market in bangkok, always a rush witnessing so much commerce packed into such a small space, with an incredible eneergy that needs to be experienced..... ankor wat, cambodia.......2nd time left me in awe.....you must see this.....enough said rooftop breakfast at the ...

... where women go topless and men still wear only the traditional loinclothes...like the island of Kosrae, where one will go to church 3-4 times a week, 2-3 times a day....like the outer islands of Chuuk, where the stars must be brilliant when there isnt an electic light for hundreds of miles....all of the remaining Micro 72 volunteers reunited after 16 months living extroidinary ...