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Popular General Tips | Miscellaneous General Tips Tips | All Tips (10) For your safety, comfort, and enjoyment, it is essential to have a dive buddy that you are compatible with....
Disclaimer: While I took portions of the attached photo, obvioulsy Jaqueline Bisset's image was ruthlessly pirated from somewhere on the internet... I'm sure that her image is covered by a number of patents, copyrights, registered trademarks and the like... My apologies to whovever is currently the holder of these rights... Leave a Comment
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When in Pohnpei, try to catch a magic show. On a somewhat annual basis, a traveling band of One visits the FSM and performs gratis for the locals. You can't miss him, as he is an aging 6'2" red haired guy wearing a Hawaii Five O shirt...
It can be quite the spectacle as small local children put themselves into harms way of needles, razors, knives, and chopping blocks, all of which are operated by a near- sighted man on the border of nitrogen narcosis, whose blood alcohol content is undoubtedly in excess of any local/state or federal limit. (Think twice before volunteering to be the guinea pig for any such tricks...) Leave a Comment
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Be sure to get out to a native pig roast. A visit to Pohnpei would not be complete without it.....(my apologies to the vegetarians out there, but it is a native custom...)
I was fortunate to attend a native pig roast twice in Pohnpei, with all the trimmings,, that is a pig on a spit, many native dishes, followed by a full evening of pounding, squeezing, then consuming the muddy sakau... (Native elixir that makes your face go numb...) Leave a Comment
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Be sure to bring your rain coat, Pohpei is one of the rainiest places on earth. (Stormy Seas)
400+ inches of rain per year... Leave a Comment
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For the traveller on a budget: Try the $5.00 rice, it is only slightly buggy....(remember best to hurry, only a few left !!!!) Leave a Comment
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When doing wall dives, it is not a bad idea to occasionally take a look over your shoulder once in a while... Leave a Comment
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on March 11, 2003
