This morning, we got up early to pack, have breakfast and then waited on the plane to come pick us up. And waited. And waited. Eventually the plane arrived in Ulithi and we headed to the airport.
While we were waiting for the plane to be loaded and ready to go, I spotted a white girl in a lava-lava (local dress) and I thought to myself that she looked like a PCV (Peace Corps volunteer), so I approached her and asked, and sure enough she was a PCV. Her name was Emily and she said she was heading to Yap, too, but on the next flight, and she said it was a small island, so she was sure she would see me before I left. We boarded the small plane again for our airplane ride back to Yap. It was a very small plane, so small in fact, that our entire group couldn't fit on one flight...
We arrived in Yap, and made planes for me to go diving (the rest of the group took the afternoon off). I went on two dives. I saw a nurse shark that was sleeping and I got about two feet from it to take pictures, and I can't say that I wasn't scared a little bit...
For the second dive we went in a shallow area, and I saw tons of nudibranchs, which I think are some of the coolest invertebrates there are, and had the longest dive I've ever experienced (81 minutes). A good time under the sea of Yap.
Afterwards, when I went to pay for my doves, the woman couldn't figure out how to work the credit card machine (she was new), and asked that I come back later when the manager would be there. She also mentioned that there would be live music at dinner, so I decided to head back to my hotel, have a shower, change and head back to the resort to have dinner. I sat at a table by myself, ordered a drink and some food, and before I knew it, there was Emily (the Peace Corps volunteer) with some friends. They joined me, for what ended up a memorable night. It was nice to hang out with people born within 5-10 years of me after spending the last two weeks with people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. (I thought when I signed up for an active trip like this - snorkeling and the like - that I would be with people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s...) at any rate, it ended up being a bit of a party with several PCVs there, and as usually, we became instant friends (I've never met a PCV or RPCV - returned Peace Corps volunteer) that I didn't like. One named Eriks reminded me so much or my friend Eric from my days in Jamaica, it was a tad freaky.... At Amy rate, a good time was had by all, much alcohol was consumed, and eventually I stumbled home, ready for bed. Thankfully, it isn't a long day tomorrow and there isn't nothing scheduled until lunch. I'm sad that I met these great folks on the night before my last day here, but I will be glad to get back to civilization...
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While we were waiting for the plane to be loaded and ready to go, I spotted a white girl in a lava-lava (local dress) and I thought to myself that she looked like a PCV (Peace Corps volunteer), so I approached her and asked, and sure enough she was a PCV. Her name was Emily and she said she was heading to Yap, too, but on the next flight, and she said it was a small island, so she was sure she would see me before I left. We boarded the small plane again for our airplane ride back to Yap. It was a very small plane, so small in fact, that our entire group couldn't fit on one flight...
We arrived in Yap, and made planes for me to go diving (the rest of the group took the afternoon off). I went on two dives. I saw a nurse shark that was sleeping and I got about two feet from it to take pictures, and I can't say that I wasn't scared a little bit...
For the second dive we went in a shallow area, and I saw tons of nudibranchs, which I think are some of the coolest invertebrates there are, and had the longest dive I've ever experienced (81 minutes). A good time under the sea of Yap.
Afterwards, when I went to pay for my doves, the woman couldn't figure out how to work the credit card machine (she was new), and asked that I come back later when the manager would be there. She also mentioned that there would be live music at dinner, so I decided to head back to my hotel, have a shower, change and head back to the resort to have dinner. I sat at a table by myself, ordered a drink and some food, and before I knew it, there was Emily (the Peace Corps volunteer) with some friends. They joined me, for what ended up a memorable night. It was nice to hang out with people born within 5-10 years of me after spending the last two weeks with people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. (I thought when I signed up for an active trip like this - snorkeling and the like - that I would be with people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s...) at any rate, it ended up being a bit of a party with several PCVs there, and as usually, we became instant friends (I've never met a PCV or RPCV - returned Peace Corps volunteer) that I didn't like. One named Eriks reminded me so much or my friend Eric from my days in Jamaica, it was a tad freaky.... At Amy rate, a good time was had by all, much alcohol was consumed, and eventually I stumbled home, ready for bed. Thankfully, it isn't a long day tomorrow and there isn't nothing scheduled until lunch. I'm sad that I met these great folks on the night before my last day here, but I will be glad to get back to civilization...
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Location:Colonia, Yap, Micronesia
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