Kosrae folks (Kate, Emily, Veronica, Nic, and Nick) and Nic, we weren't lost...

Our link to the world outside Pohnpei

Nadan, Tanja, Beth, Lucas on our way to Nahlap

Watch where you spit the Betel Nut juice friends!

Keep in mind that "here" below means Kolonia (the only real town on island, about a 30-60 minute drive depeding on your courage and speed in driving) only and for the most part...

Things easy to get here:
gross old candy bars/candy
movies of all sorts (mostly pirated via the Philippines or the grand People's Republic of China)
instant coffee
ramen noodles and KoolAid (which some younger and not locals mix, yummy)
amazing bountiful local foods fresh from the jungles and hills
horribly cheap cigarettes (1 pack of Winston's=$2.25)
the best sashimi i've ever had


Things hard to get here (if not impossible without loads of $$):
strong black coffee beans, ground or whole
any dark beer besides Guinness which only resides in one tourist trap hotel-bar
any six pack of 'cheap' beer for less than $13
dry, sometimes/usually/especially at night
pretty much anything done in what might be considered a quick or speedy fashion
fast


More interesting (I hope) things to come:
All high school staff meeting/school and associated events in general
Nahlap Island
Nan Madol
departure of half of the group we flew with to Kosrae, another island part of the FSM to the east of us
the fantastic host family
Kolonia