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Guam and the Consortium

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The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. The Consortium is made up of six island nations, commonwealths or territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia (including Chuuk and Pohnpei), Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.

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Meeting Key Leaders in Pohnpei (including the Governor!)

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The Federated States of Micronesia has its capital on Pohnpei (it's one of four states in the FSM), so we met with both leaders from the federal FSM government as well as from Pohnpei State. Our official visit to Pohnpei started with calls on key education leaders. Our main host was Carlina Henry, who was terrific.

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Chuuk, formerly known as Truk

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The government offices we visited were without electrical power. Most tourists are scuba divers who go immediately to a ship (called a live-aboard) for a week of diving the many Japanese ships sunk in the lagoon. The roads were in a terrible state: you usually travel at 5 miles per hour, dodging the largest potholes.