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Guam and the Consortium

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Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Hafa Adai" is used frequently, pronounced "half-a-day," it means hello or goodbye, kind of like aloha in Hawaii. The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. The presence is growing: the U.S.

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Seeing the sights in Pohnpei

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It reminded me of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in California, and it reminds other of Diamond Head in Hawaii. From our hotel balcony we could see Sokehs Island, which has a giant pinnacle of stone at the end of it. Impressive piece of rock.

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The Island Hopper to Micronesia

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is to fly to Hawaii and then take the "island-hopper." Although the mission of the trip is to understand the situation of visually impaired students in Micronesia, I absolutely get the benefits of visiting these islands and enjoying the scenery. Getting to these islands is not simple. The way to get to the main islands from the U.S.