Truk Stop Hotel Chuuk

we had to board a tender as there was no port for this big ship to go....so lookout the lines for those bloody whingers and they werent even pommies....lol nice little ride in the waves that were not that big,but enough for some passngers to almost fall off there seats....ha ha!!!! finally arrived at the port,walked around a little not much to see took heaps of pictures of the locals

Today, we are leaving Chuuk for Australia. No, we are nothing going to T's family but to the other side of the country: Cairns. We did not do a lot besides diving: our land tour was cancelled because of the rain and we just could not get enough of the diving. We met very nice people, who also made Hubby's birthday special. Dr T got a massage and came back with a big smile in his face and a ... cannot tell you: his mum is reading this! My favorite shorts fell ...

The day before yesterday, we went back to the Truk Stop for diner, with Kelly. And unfortunately, it was also goodbye: she leaves tomorrow. Yesterday and today: diving! With the highlight on: Dr T's thing, as you saw on the previous entry. And a nice thing it is! We dive with new people, which means: we need to be flexible and go back to the wrecks which we already did: the Fujikawa (the nr 72 on our dive list) and the Yamagiri ...

At the end of the dive, Hubby goes back into the wreck. Business as usual, quoi. About 30 meter down, he signs to me: come here. And what is there? This! . . . I cannot believe it. Although, I was a bit nervous going diving today, I just want to stay with this animal, fish, plant, anemone? We actually think it might be a nudibranch. Nudibranches have eyes ...

... for Chuuk, for the resort, for divers but specially for Jane and her almost husband. It is dark and pouring all day. Is the nature crying? Last night, Jane died. Nobody can believe it. Least of all, her husband to be. They were going to get married in the resort tomorrow. When she came back from diving, she did not feel well and just ... died. We do not know whether it is connected to the diving: her body is flown to ...