Wow, it’s been an eventful summer! Most importantly, my dad came to visit Pohnpei in July!
He stayed with my host family for the complete experience! It was so much fun to show him around the island. We visited the ancient ruins of Nan Madol (which most of my host family had never been to before!) and spent the weekend at a small picnic island on the reef surrounding Pohnpei. The rest of the time we played with the kids, went swimming, and chatted with the English speakers in my host family (although I was also able to do some translating between dad and my nohno). Dad also visited my summer school classes and helped act out the poem “Casey at the Bat!”
He also took lots of great photos that I stole…
Flying in over Pohnpei:
He tried sakau, the traditional drink of Pohnpei. In this picture the men are pounding the sakau roots to make the drink and little Bobo Len tries to copy her dad:
With Bobo Len, Carleen, and Dane at Nan Madol:
With my principal, Nalik, and his wife, Nalikie (also at Nan Madol):
Our island paradise for the weekend!:
At our picnic island, with the view of Pohnpei in the background:
Dad with his biggest fan, Bobo Tol:
We had a treasure hunt for the kids to find the candy and toys that Dad brought as presents. The “no running” rule was quickly broken. One kid got trampled but he didn’t let it stop him from finding the candy:
Also this summer…. Olympia gave birth to six puppies! She’s not even one year old yet – I guess this is the dog equivalency of teen pregnancy:
I got to go fishing for the first time! We went out in a tiny traditional canoe. The men spear fished while Sayleen and I did line fishing from the canoe:
I'm running out of time, so I’ll write about summer school activities in my next post!
