15 Oct - A Very Busy Saturday

We put the boat in yesterday and heading out to Manta Pass with the kids and some friends for a snorkel and dive. The rain held off while we were there and the overcast conditions made the fish life very active.

After tieing up to the mooring bouy we all jumped in for a snorkel. Jaxon and Indi love Nemo and it wasn't to hard to find them some.

Not sure what this fella is called but he didn't seem to fazed by us swimming near him.

Nic and Jaxon in search of Nemo.

Loads and loads of brightly coloured fish on the reef today.

After a short break we put on the dive gear and went in search of our target species - Manta Rays. Once we were on the bottom it was less than five minutes before the first one cruised by.

Once again the Rainbow Runner were plentiful.

Nic is really enjoying her diving now, as you do in 28 degree water with 30 metres vis.

Even on the sandy bottom of Manta Road there is heaps to look at while searching for mantas.

We went a little while without seeing another manta until this beauty showed up. Estimated between eight and ten feet across it was truly awesome.

Scott was so close to it at one stage it wouldn't even fit in the view-finder of the camera.

The big eye just casually checked Scott out before slowly moving away.

See ya fella, thanks for the amazing experience.

Time for a quick lunch and then home to offload all the dive gear and go out for a quick fish. Unfortunately we only caught one small tuna, but we had a go..... We got back in time to clean up the gear and get cleaned for dinner at the US Ambassadors place.

The US Ambassador hosted the USN Construction Battalion for dinner. The Sea-Bs have been doing community projects for the last couple of months (one month to go) such as repairing the local library. It was a great dinner as always; well deserved by the lads from the USN.

A lot of the Pohnpei community that have provided assistance to the Sea-Bs in one way or another were invited for dinner. It was a great turnout, showing the gratitude of a greatful nation.

The boys have quite a few unique momentos to take home.

After the US Ambassadors for dinner it was to Club Cupid for the 80s Party. Nic got me a childs yoda costume that I modified to fit into. Starwars was big for me in the 80s.

Caroline, Nic and Jamie in their best 80s outfits.

So as you can see it was a very busy Saturday in Pohnpei. Resting up today (Sunday) looking forward to the Wallabies vs All Blacks game tonight at the Rusty Anchor.