Wow--Truk Lagoon Micronesia

This is what you might see snorkeling around Funomo Island

 After traveling 27 hours we landed in Truk, State of Chuuk, Micronesia and once we make the very rough road to Blue Island Resort it begins to be magic.  Everything here is beautiful, including the locals.  The diving is amazingly different for us--12 Abilenians with dive experience from mostly the Caribbean.  Four divers have been my scuba students years ago; 4 are scuba instructors; 2 are doctors and 3 are nurses. Truk Lagoon was the center of Japan's naval strength in WWII when American airstikes over two days sent 60+ ships to the bottom and crippled their ability to supply the Pacific war.  We have dived on 10 ship wrecks in 5 days and seen both history and the sea's ability to

soft corals are abundant

Private island of Funamo where we had lunch one day

I found Nemo

Turtle with remora

Many relics are left on the ships