Dinner with the missionaries on Palau and pictures of the National Capital

We took the young missionaries to dinner at one of the local restaurants they wanted to go to. There were nine of us altogether, it only cost $79 and they had food that they took home because the servings were so big! It was a fun afternoon!

This is the view from the capital!

Palau

This is the Palasia Hotel in Palau, the nicest hotel we have stayed in on our trips to the islands.

 Pictures of the inside of the hotel!

 This is the carpet in the hotel elevator, just to make sure we knew what day it was!

 Some of the views from our room on the fifth floor.

Pictures of the island......

When we go to Yap we must spend four days, that is the only time they have flights in and out. The best part is that you fly in the middle of the night to Yap and Palau. This last flight to Yap we were on the plane to leave at 11:00 PM, we boarded the plane and pulled away from the gate. Then it was announced that there was an issue and because we were flying in the middle of the night the pilot pulled back to the gate and we had to get off the plane. They had to get the luggage off and get it on another plane, get the caterers to come and bring food on the plane. They brought drinks and chips for us while we waited. We finally boarded the plane. We arrived at our room at 5:00 am in the morning. Unfortunately this is pretty typical. So anyway we had an afternoon that we had no obligations so we drove around the island. Here are a few of the pictures we took.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a resort on the north of the island, it is no longer used as a resort but it was a beautiful place.

 

 

 This is the only picture we took showing the inner island hills.

The island is very clean because the lower cast must clean the road side, as we were returning to the hotel it was starting to rain. We took these pictures of the people cleaning up the side of the road, it is difficult to see them and some had moved to get out of the rain.

Yap

We were able to train two consultants to help with family history on this beautiful island.

This is one of the restaurants we enjoy eating at...

 

 Yes, the restaurant is on this ship!

The restaurant is part of a resort that caters to divers, the custom is to leave a shirt or money with the names and where they are from.

The ceiling.......

This is a typical display of the prepared food they sale at most stores and roadside small stores. They cook in the morning and then wrap whatever meat (usually chicken or fish) with rice then it sets on the shelf until it is purchased.

The Sunset with the Stevens....

We will miss the sunsets, here are some pictures with the Stevens on a beach at the Navy Base.

Views from the airplane on our trip to the islands....

We love the view from the plane as we travel to the islands, these are just a few of the pictures we have from our last trip to Kosrae, Pohnpei and Chuuk.