Ulithi, Day 2

As it turns out, Ulithi has some really amazing history. During WWII this was one of the largest naval bases, and the attack on Okinawa was staged from here. They say that 617 naval vessels were anchored here and took off on that attack. The airstrip (see yesterday's blog for a picture) was built by the Americans in 1944. One of the islands (called Mogmog) was used as R&R for the American troops. An interesting place!

At any rate, this morning, I was up for breakfast, but since it was so cloudy out and the plan was to go snorkel out on another part of the same reef as yesterday, I decided to stay back at the hotel this morning and relax. I caught up on blogging, watched some Brothers & Sisters, took some pictures, and basically got some much needed alone time. I also took some pictures of the hotel we are staying at:



Once the others got back from their morning snorkel, we went on a walking tour of the island we are on and the village we are near. We stopped by the church, the women's cooperative, and a woman's house where she was weaving. Here are a couple of pictures of where we are.












After the walking tour, we had lunch and then went for our afternoon snorkel, followed by a stop on an island where all sorts of birds nest, and then we went to an island where turtles nest. Since it is nesting season, we watched the sunset, had dinner, and then went out looking for turtles. We found several and watched one lay its eggs. It was really an amazing sight. They drop out two to four eggs at a time. It was really a crazy sight to watch. We couldn't take pictures because we couldn't use flash. After that, we took the boat ride back to the hotel and called it a night. We'll see what tomorrow brings!












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Location:Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia