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 […]
For the first time this trip, we needed to get up very, very early to catch a flight – 4.30 a.m. We made it on time, only to find out that instead of a 5 or 6 hour flight, we’d actually be flying for over 10 hours. But that included stops on Majuro, Kwajalein and […]
