Pingelap

On Sunday December 27th I had gotten up early thanks to jet-lag and didn't know quite what to do. Then I figured out that I was thirsty and our apartment aka Lion's Den was out of water. So I told Corey we should go get water. So after going around to all the SMs apartments we gathered quite a bit of barrels for water. We were about to head in when Corey told me that West, Tim, Kirk and Jon were going in to get water. So I decided to go with them to get water. So off we went. Our first stop was at the local dock here in Kolonia. While we were headed their Jon, Kirk and Tim convinced me to go with them and purchase a boat ticket to the island of Pingelap. I was excited, this would be cool to see another island I'd probably never see. So later that afternoon after a quick trip to town to gather food and pack we were off to the docks to get on the Carolina Voyager which was going to take us to paradise. Little did I know this ship would be the vain to my existence for the next 4 days.
We arrived at the ship and boarded at 4 but it never left till 5:30 and it was already full. We ended up having to sleep in the walkway on the ship. It was epic, because in the middle of the night it rained and we got soaked and on top of that pigs were sleeping next to us 10 feet up higher on the deck, so the smells were interestingly different. To add to the already epic situation, I ended up getting really sea sick. I never felt better until after we arrived in Pingelap on Monday night. So happy to be on land we walked to the place where we were staying and ended up staying at the only theater on the island, which consisted of speakers and a small t.v. It was definitely interesting. We got there ready for a shower but the shower consisted of a rain water tank, a bucket for the water and scope for the water. It was definitely the most primitive place I've ever been to in my entire life. Their supper was pretty interesting too. They gave us rice and fish that still looked the same the first day they caught it!! It was definitely different!! We went to bed early from all the traveling and ended up just chatting it up. We discussed that the most poisonous creature was the centipede. That night I woke up to a sharp pain and realized of all things I had got bitten by a Centipede. After the intense pain and local brew they made for my finger which consisted of Vix, leaves and charcoal I fell asleep.
The Next day we did a lot of snorkeling and saw lots of fish and sea turtles and then we headed back on the boat. Went back to the Island of Moukal and did more snorkeling. It also had a lot of fish in the reef and lots of sharks and more sea turtles!! It was awesome. Finally we headed back to Pohnpei. Though on the way back the entire ship ran out of toilet paper. In 8 hours it all ran out, but my 1 dollar and 65 cent investment in toilet paper became my best investment!! It was AWESOME!! hahaha, but yeah, we arrived back in Pohnpei today!! It was great. And now we are celebrating New Years by watching Eric, Tim and John set off a pipeline and saw lots of flares from the locals and heard a lot of pots banging!! It was awesome to end such a great 2009 year!! Happy New Years everyone!!