This past week, I have been
spending a lot of my free time exploring the island. I am comfortable with the location of all of
the major things and can navigate my way fairly well through the main roads of
Yap – however, after almost 3 months on the island, I realized that there is so
much island that I just have not taken the time to find, to explore, to
adventure through. So, a majority of my
time outside of school was spent hiking through the natural treasures of
Yap. I ventured to one of the highest
points on the island to get some gorgeous views of the sun setting – the sky
went from a crystal blue, to a cotton candy blend of purple and pink, to a
fiery orange, yellow, and red – my camera does not do justice to just how
mesmerizing the skies can be here. I may
or may not have climbed a radio tower to capture some shots of the far side of
the island (Sorry, Mom – I swear it was safe… well, kinda). I also took the time to go out of my way to
use the traditional stone paths for the more scenic routes around the island –
absolutely breath taking and humbling to realize how long ago these paths were
made and how much intricate time, effort, and skill was put into them to be
made by hand. To relax this weekend, I
checked out some of the small trails behind our house that lead to various
groves of betelnut, coconut, breadfruit, and banana trees. During this hike today – I decided I wanted
to create a little wall art for our back porch to leave the “Taro Patch Kids’”
mark on our wonderful home. Thank-you
Trail to Adventure for honing my lashing skills – they came in handy –
especially since I was tying them with some vine-like weeds. Enjoy the pictures!
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| Sunset from the Radio Tower |
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| About midway up to the Radio Tower |
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| Reminds me of the Circle of Life from The Lion King |
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| Stone Path |
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| Stone Path |
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| Taro. Patch. Kids. |
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| My afternoon project |
“Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle…”
-Lord Baden Powell
Three cheers for dirty old duck puddles.
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