Having travelled 34 hours to get to Phonpei I was pretty happy to be on land, happy bordering on ecstatic. The flight was fascinating and beautiful and a stark and sudden reminder of how huge the Pacific is. I've flown over the Pacific four times before, but never really had anything to provide me with scale. It's only with scale that we can begin to understand how freaking big something is. In the case of the Pacific, it's huge. With these tiny islands holding on just above the sea surface dynamic with all the complexities of life.
Seeing the ocean like this, our mission has become even more intimidating. Setting out into relatively uncharted waters, to see what's there, to make the maps.
It's exciting undoubtedly, but it's also scary when you consider how small one ship is when faced with the whole of the Pacific.
We're going to be out there bobbing in a tiny tin can.
Not that I can really complain, we'll have internet and fresh water on tap, a much cushier journey than the original settlers had.
Seeing the ocean like this, our mission has become even more intimidating. Setting out into relatively uncharted waters, to see what's there, to make the maps.
It's exciting undoubtedly, but it's also scary when you consider how small one ship is when faced with the whole of the Pacific.
We're going to be out there bobbing in a tiny tin can.
Not that I can really complain, we'll have internet and fresh water on tap, a much cushier journey than the original settlers had.
On the island we did the usual island things. We had dinner by the bay, saw a majestic waterfall and some groovy ruins and ate some very. It was a lovely few days off before work began.
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