Pohnpei Majuro 2009

[Gemini Cricket]

So, it's been four months but I thought I'd continue on with my trip report of journey to the South Pacific. In this segment, I'll share pictures of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

btw - Not sure why everything is in Bold, but for some reason, I can't un-Bold it.

Of all the places I visited (Palau, Saipan, Guam, Pohnpei & Majuro) Pohnpei was my second favorite. It was also the place where I took a majority of the pictures.

We landed at the airport and Sokehs Rock greeted us. Here's a couple of shots of that:







So, after spending a week and a half going from meeting to meeting, this is how I was feeling about Pohnpei at first:



Yeah, not very thrilled at first. But I left Pohnpei thinking that it was one of the prettiest places in the Pacific.

Not that I could tell that at first... This was the view from our hotel called the Joy Hotel Pohnpei:







The best part of the stay there was that we could get separate rooms this time because it was so inexpensive. It was great getting a break from my traveling companion. He felt the same way... apparently I snore.

Here is a pic of one of the carvings that was on the wall. I love this one. The dolphin says: "Hi, I'm a dolphin! I can balance a ball on my nose." and the shark says: "I'm gonna eat you, bitch!"



That night we went to a really cool restaurant attached to the Village Resort Hotel. The resort was made out of little grass shack bungalows that were pretty neat. It was like staying in the Enchanted Tiki Room with the birds being replaced by mosquitoes. It would be a cool place for a LoT Swanking tho.

This is the front of the hotel:



Here's a pic of one of the shacks overlooking the bay below. The rooms looked like this but this shack was a place you could dine at at their restaurant.



Here was the view from that shack:



After wandering the grounds a little bit, we headed across this bridge to get to the restaurant as it got dark:



This kitty came to say hi during dinner:



As did these dogs who were regulars at the restaurant.



I must say, the restaurant was great. And of course, they served ahi and pretty much nothing else. But it was good ahi.

After a couple of days of work meetings, we had a day off and decided to take another boat tour. This time the destination was Nan Madol.

As per Wikipedia:

Nan Madol is a ruined city that lies off the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei (presently one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia) and used to be the capital of the Saudeleur Dynasty until about AD 1500. The city consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals and is often called the Venice of the Pacific. Nan Madol means "spaces between" and is a reference to the canals that criss-cross the ruins.

Nan Madol was incredible.


To Be Continued...