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Real Name: Ken
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General Tips: Fresh Pork
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  • Favorite Thing: Be sure to get out to a native pig roast. A visit to Pohnpei would not be complete without it.....(my apologies to the vegetarians out there, but it is a native custom...)

    I was fortunate to attend a native pig roast twice in Pohnpei, with all the trimmings,, that is a pig on a spit, many native dishes, followed by a full evening of pounding, squeezing, then consuming the muddy sakau... (Native elixir that makes your face go numb...)


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    General Tips: Stormy Seas
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  • State of Pohnpei - Pohnpeiian Stormy Seas
  • Pohnpeiian Stormy Seas
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  • Favorite Thing: Be sure to bring your rain coat, Pohpei is one of the rainiest places on earth. (Stormy Seas)
    400+ inches of rain per year...


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    General Tips: Would you Have Any Grey Poupon ?
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  • State of Pohnpei - Would you Have any Grey Poupon ??
  • Would you Have any Grey Poupon ??
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  • Favorite Thing: One mustn't lower ones standards on the road..... After all, we are tourist, but we are not Barbarians...


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    General Tips: Dive Buddy
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  • State of Pohnpei - Good Dive Buddies Makes for Good DIving...
  • Good Dive Buddies Makes for Good
  • DIving...
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  • Favorite Thing: For your safety, comfort, and enjoyment, it is essential to have a dive buddy that you are compatible with....

    Disclaimer: While I took portions of the attached photo, obvioulsy Jaqueline Bisset's image was ruthlessly pirated from somewhere on the internet... I'm sure that her image is covered by a number of patents, copyrights, registered trademarks and the like... My apologies to whovever is currently the holder of these rights...


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    General Tips: Buggy Rice
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  • State of Pohnpei - Hurry, only a few left...
  • Hurry, only a few left...
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  • Favorite Thing: For the traveller on a budget: Try the $5.00 rice, it is only slightly buggy....(remember best to hurry, only a few left !!!!)


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    General Tips: Magic Shows
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  • State of Pohnpei - Gary,the Magic Man Performs for the FSM...
  • Gary,the Magic Man Performs for the
  • FSM...
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  • Favorite Thing: When in Pohnpei, try to catch a magic show. On a somewhat annual basis, a traveling band of One visits the FSM and performs gratis for the locals. You can't miss him, as he is an aging 6'2" red haired guy wearing a Hawaii Five O shirt...

    It can be quite the spectacle as small local children put themselves into harms way of needles, razors, knives, and chopping blocks, all of which are operated by a near- sighted man on the border of nitrogen narcosis, whose blood alcohol content is undoubtedly in excess of any local/state or federal limit. (Think twice before volunteering to be the guinea pig for any such tricks...)


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    General Tips: Oh Capt'n, my Capt'n...
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  • State of Pohnpei - Stormy Seas, Cap'n
  • Stormy Seas, Cap'n
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  • Favorite Thing: Best to keep the Cappy sober and lucid.

    Burn you O2 and surface early on the 2nd dive, and secure the lions share of the post-dive beers from the cooler pronto...


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    General Tips: Bait Selection
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  • State of Pohnpei - Here Fishy, Fishy...
  • Here Fishy, Fishy...
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  • Favorite Thing: When fishing for the big game fish, you need to use the right bait/tackle combo....

    In this case Heinekens on 200 pound test was a winning combination for landing the big fish...


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    General Tips: Wall Diving
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  • State of Pohnpei - Hey Big Fella....(Big Barracuda...)
  • Hey Big Fella....(Big Barracuda...)
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  • Favorite Thing: When doing wall dives, it is not a bad idea to occasionally take a look over your shoulder once in a while...


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    General Tips: Alone Again, Naturally....
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  • Favorite Thing: The single best thing about diving in Pohnpei is the infrastructure, or lack thereof... Since there are no big mega resorts here, and only a few flights a week to/from the island, there aren't many tourists out this way.

    The underwater scenery in Hawaii is great, but diving there is like a cattle drive... I've done about 25 dives in Pohnpei, and only once did I see anyone else underwater besides the couple of guys that came with me... (I'll guarantee you will see more sharks than divers...)


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    Comments for kenmerk about State of Pohnpei
    pikuu Wed Apr 16, 2008 07:25 UTC
     I've just finished the Oliver Sacks book "The Island of the Colorblind" about his journey to Pohnpei and with pleasure I found your tips and impressions from this far areas. Great page!
    Sharrie Sun Nov 13, 2005 15:46 UTC
     After Tahiti, I'm beginning to explore the sea... heading Guam & Okinawa next, hopefully thereafter this place. Sounds interesting though not the rain!
    melissa_bel Fri Dec 24, 2004 05:52 UTC
     Another information-packed page Ken! And this time, not only underwater. And as usual, nice pics!
    bpacker Thu Sep 30, 2004 06:29 UTC
     Yummy-looking roast piggy, local liquor and good dive waters..Ken , you're really living the life, man! Bet the piggy taste heavenly. Btw, what's the max depth around here? Do you have to do any tech diving for those WWII antiques?
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