Our First Pics of Pohnpei

Hi everyone.
Here are some pictures of Pohnpei (and our trip there).
Hope you enjoy! :)

Our last evening on American soil (in Honolulu).

Flying into Pohnpei.

A view from the causeway

Willfred's (the school bus driver) family feast

Giving fabric is one of the traditions at a feast, and
it's typically wrapped around guests' heads (regardless of gender)

The elders are presenting sakou (a plant used to make a local drug) to
man of highest rank (kinda like a chief)

The first of the pigs arrives

Butchering begins

Many yams are cooked for the feast,
but several of the biggest ones are presented as gifts and taken home by guests

Each guest gets a tray with an odd assortment of local and imported products--more food on one tray than most Orealla Amerindians eat in a week!

Our host family parents--Alson and Rihner trying tacos for the first time

Alson and Rihner's food storage;
they don't use the fridge but keep food on the table

Our homestay room

Thomas with his 12D students--33 students (only 4 girls!)

Carrie and her 12 B students