walkies

The weekend before last Ben was finishing up his exams, and it was imperative for both of us that I leave the house for an extended period of time.

Luckily, I had arranged with some friends to go on a walk around a little island to the east of Pohnpei, about a 30 min drive from our house. It was a lovely day, fun to go exploring and the island is a really cool place. There are no cars, you access it via a causeway and then there is a little stone path that rings around it. It only rained once, the rest of the time was dazzling sunshine! The walk is actually a series of two islands, a small-ish one and then a much bigger one. We pushed on to the bigger one, but the path doesn't go the whole way round. So we walked until we had enough, then turned back. If I had a boat, this would be a very cool place to live!


We stolled past a lot of pineapple patches on the island. This one is pretty much growing out of sea water. Amazing!


I'm still dazzled by all the tropical flowers. These aren't particularly showy, but I think they're pretty! Of course, in a place that can actually grow divine flowers year round, the most popular choice for indoor flowers are.... plastic roses.





Jo