10.29.2014 Island Tour

Had an island tour today with Julie, the Chief of Public Health and Cyril, a PH member, who drove. Cyril knows everything about Yap and was a great tour guide. He knew all of the back roads and hidden treasures.

There are a couple of WWII US aircraft scattered around the island. We saw two of the more remote ones on this trip. The Japanese had removed all of their aircraft that were shot down and took them back to Japan, where I heard they used for scfrap metal.

Bullet holes.

 

 

 

Walkway to a remote site. Single lane road ended abruptly just passed the wooden bridge. No warnng, just the sea at the end.

A thick shell, these are no longer found washed up on the island.

Cyril and Julie deep in conversation while I am exploring and taking pictures. Can you guess what is in the plastic bag?

This is Julie.

 

 

 This is the flower of the palm that is used to thatch roofs. Pretty exotic.