So the most common question I received from people writing me letters here on Kosrae is why is it called "The Island of the Sleeping Lady?" Driving from my home in Malem towards the east of the Island is a mountains area that really looks like a sleeping lady. It is quite a site...
Many more pictures and stories to come. I am wrapping up training this week and hopefully (knock on wood) will be sworn in next tuesday as a Peace Corps volunteer. I begin teaching at Malem very soon. Over the past week the island has been at a stand still over the Kosraen games. Each village participates. There has been an Olympic athmosphere throughout the events. Singing, dancing, and lots and lots of eating. Barbequed Chicken, Fish, Tuna, Taro, and lots and lots of Coconut milk. The first two days were Canoe Racing, followed by Basketball, then Track and Field, Baseball, and will be closing tommorow with the volleyball finals. In Canoe Racing Lelu and Utwe dominated the event. Both Malem and Tafunsak do not have marinas or harbors but are looking to improve for next year. I have already been drafted for next year and hope to learn how to Canoe Race very soon. Much more to come. As they say in Kosraen, Kuht Fah Ohsun (We will meet again)
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