AT SEA, Friday, February 22nd

We are now sailing through Micronesia which is comprised of hundreds of small islands in the Pacific. The Philippines lie NW, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia W & SW and Polynesia to the E. Today all of Micronesia (with the exceptions of Guam and Wake Island, Which are U.S. Territories, and the Northern Mariana Islands, which is a U.S. Commonwealth) are independent states (Federated States of Micronesia). We are heading north in the South Pacific towards Chuuk (Truk).