Some of my most memorable travels have been to the islands of Micronesia while on assignment for the award-winning “Pacifica” magazine, the former inflight for Continental Micronesia Airlines. I made several extended trips around the Pacific Ocean, visiting the volcanic islands and atolls of Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, Palau, Guam, Saipan, and the Marshall Islands.
The Micronesian islands are fantastic places to visit, but except for avid scuba divers, they’re largely unknown to most Americans. Some World War II vets may remember them as sites of some of the fiercest battles in the Pacific theater. Most of the smaller islands have not changed much since then, and relics of those times are frequently found on beaches and in overgrown jungles.
There is not a lot of infrastructure for tourism on many of these islands, but travel for Americans is relatively easy because of the long U.S. influence – English is spoken everywhere, and the U.S. dollar is the standard currency.
If these wonderful islands pique your interest at all, click this link for more of my photos of Micronesia.
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No matter the distance I always feel a kinship as long as the land touches the Pacific 😀 Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos and words from your travels. 🙂
And I was looking in your archive and saw the Chesterman Beach/Long Beach aerial shot you took and it totally connected things for me! I’ve walked that area on the ground at least 4 or 5 times but those footsteps just connected in a different way due to seeing that image
Thanks again!
Jordan aka The Maplemusketeer 😉