Since our last posting, we did a couple more wreck dives and not much else. If that sounds boring: it isn’t! Chuuk really is the best place in the world to do wreck dives, because there are just so many of them. From little Japanese zero airplanes to huge cargo ships, Chuuk has it all. […]
On February 17th and 18th 1944, the U.S. Navy attacked the Imperial Japanese Navy’s fleet that had gathered in the lagoon of the islands of Chuuk; Truk Lagoon. This operation, known as “Operation Hailstone”, turned paradise into hell… Today, Truk Lagoon is known for the many wrecks of Japanese ships and airplanes resting below the […]
No diving today, but instead a boat trip to Nan Madol, an archeolgical site consisting of 92 tiny man made islands, that we paddled through in a kayak. It’s a special place with a definite Indiana Jones feel to it, and the main mystery is how the builders were able to get the huge, heavy […]
We’re enjoying a well deserved drink, just before having dinner, after our second dive day. It felt good to be in the water again. It had been more than a year.. Our equipment worked well, the camera worked well. Eventhough we saw a white tip reef shark yesterday, today was much better; apparently diving at […]
