Kolonia Town and Surroundings

I have a few minutes to create this post before flying to Palua, so I'll show some photos of Pohnpei with brief descriptions.  The date should be September 22, 2015, but it didn't get posted until October 3, 2015.

This is the Sea Breeze Hotel where we stayed for 9 of the 10 days in Pohnpei - a short walk (less than 1/2 mile) to Peace Corps headquarters (our training/orientation site).

My room at the Sea Breeze - big enough to sleep 5 (included a frig and a tea pot).

My room at the Hideaway Hotel the last night in Pohnpei (the Sea Breeze was booked).  This place consists of about 5 cabins (more are planned), built on a hill side overlooking an inlet.  It was actually very nice (indoor plumbing with very hot water produced by a solar unit - its less rustic than it looks).

Walk on way to P.C.Offices.

  This is an unusual photo of the Town, since most roads don't have sidewalks.

P.C. Offices where training/orientation was held.  There are lots of new cars in Pohnpei.  Everyone seems to drive here - only PC volunteers walk!  Most cars are from Japan and have steering wheels on the right side, even though they drive here on the right side.

The lagoon, not far from the Sea Breeze Motel.  One of the few places I saw refuse.

 Spain built Kolonia in 1887 as their administrative and military capital of Micronesia.  This is the Spanish Wall, built to protect the colonial government and garrison - all that seems to remain of the Spanish occupation.

The Wall is at the back edge of this ball field.

Buildings of Kolonia Town

Yep, the same Ace that we have in USA, except this one sells office suppies.

  There is also an Ace Hardware in Kolonia and in Koror, Palau

There are several large buildings like this one under construction.

One of the nicer looking houses in town

Typical house and yard in the countryside

I like the looks of this church, even though it needs work on the outside.

The telecom office.

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.

Government offices are located in small buildings all over town.

This is the super market where we shopped for supplies for our rooms.

Charlie