Speaking of water, a weekend (or maybe two) previous a number of us went on a trip to Joy Island, which is located near our house, just nearby Nan Madol (maybe even part of considering the basalt logs on the island). I've been meaning to write something of or about Nan Madol, and I will get around to it, it needs some pictures to illustrate though (some of which are up here), and some more sitting and pondering.
Joy was somewhat of an adventure, we had only a small inflatable raft and two local kids, along with four of us menwhi. We swam, paddled and walked out to the island and spent an hour or two, it was raining a bit all day which is ironic because the two times I've been on a nice beach it has been overcast and raining. I don't mind the rain, especially since I waded and swam the whole way, which proved to be a great snorkeling opportunity. The sting-rays around the island move in and out of the channel and on the way back, I saw three large stingrays in the deeper part of the channel, amazing coral, and sting-rays darting around quite speedily while we waded back nearer to the Mangroves. There are more sting-ray stories, including an encounter at Nan Madol with one just last weekend, but still no sharks unfortunately, but there around for sure, being as Matt saw one last weekend at Nan Madol as well.