In general, I really like the island culture or Micronesian culture. As you heard with my wallet story if you read earlier entries, it is a safe place to be. I felt very comfortably walking after dark alone. They highly value family, are quite friendly. Hopefully you can get a hint through pictures.
On a random note, there is a very high percentage of LDS members in these islands. They have a stake on an island of 30,000 people and several missions spread throughout this part of the world. I saw several churches on the one road of the island.
This is just a compilation of pictures that our group took of various people we met. More often than not, it is some kids who either wanted a picture or who were taken randomly.
The most popular sports (or the only sports as far as I can tell) are basketball and volleyball. People are playing them all the time. I recall in the MTC (LDS missionary training center) that many islanders were playing volleyball and basketball there too.
The rest are more random pics:
This is what it looks like in areas that have no buildings. On other islands, the flora is much thicker. They do some farming in this area.
I can't remember what type of crab, but there were many of them.
The English that does exist is close, but often a little off.
Here are what they sell at the souvenir shops. I liked the shops a lot because you would see the women making these items in front of you. You know it's authentic and not made in some sweat shop owned by a foreigner on some other island.
This is the only airplane that flies through. 3x/week for going east or west.
It was a wonderful trip. The CDC would be an exciting place to work in the future.
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