The Family Kayak Trip

Nic recently went to Guam for some R&R. While over there she went and checked out the stores for some kayaks. As luck would have it they were ingredibly cheap. An added bonus was that a friend of a friend who was also over there arranged to ship them back to Pohnpei for us in a container that was being used for their business. Much appreciated. Local people here are very generous and often go out of their way to help. It's a fantastic place to be some times.

We haven't sorted out roof-racks yet so with no real laws (none that are inforced anyway) about stacking a car it was get them in anyway you can and have the kids on your lap.

Just waiting for that first wave man.

And away we go. We decided to paddle into the mangroves that are between the mainland and Sokez Island. We went early (0730) so the place was pretty quiet and starting to come to life. Bats flying home and birds and insects flying about in the warm morning air. We even saw a few kingfishers which was great. The parrots were that loud at one point that you couldn't talk over the top of them.

Massive tree ferns and tree palms lined the sides of the canals.

Indi obviously wasn't happy with the speed that Mum was going up so took over the job herself. Pretty strong for a girl that just turned two.

The water wasn't clean by any stretch of the imagination. Mangroves mean mudding water. Plus the locals locate their pigs on the water ways so it is probably best to stay inside the boat at all times.

On the way out we came across the grandson of Francisco, who is one of our boat advisors. It's a small world on Pohnpei.

It was a great way to start the day but very tiring as well. We will all sleep well tonight.