Displaced Beachbums

FG noted that we went from Ponape (the name of our street in Guam) to the island of Pohnpei. We arrived on Wednesday and left late on Friday. That gave us only one full day to explore the island ~ not enough time but we made the most of it.

Pohnpei is part of the country called “Federated States of Micronesia”, commonly referred to as FSM. It is located in the Eastern Caroline Islands and is about halfway between Honolulu and Manila. It is the largest island in the FSM at 12 miles by 14 miles. The main island is ringed 25 smaller ones which lie outside the barrier reef.

It’s a lush, wet and beautiful island. The capital of Pohnpei, Kolonia, receives an average of 192 inches of rain annually but the interior receives 400 inches which makes it one of the rainiest places on earth. I think Kauai, Hawaii is slightly more rainy. And rain it did. The first night we were there I thought we were going to wash off the side of the hill where our hotel was located. Fortunately, during our tour of the island the next day, we were greeted with sunny weather.