How to go to Micronesia
Getting to MicronesiaYou can contact the South Africa High Commission in Canberra, Australia. Preventive action you need to take during your trip in the South Pacific depends on the areas you are visiting and the length of your trip. If you are from a South American or sub-Saharan Africa tropic state, you may need a vaccine against the disease to enter some of these states.
You can find more information under yellow fever vaccinations. Tropical, with little seasonality. U.S. dollar are used throughout Micronesia.
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Seems very few humans have ever known Micronesia. Federated States of Micronesia is a group of isles in the vast oceans between Hawaii and Australia, right next to Guam. Enthusiastic scuba diver may have known of Chuuk, known for his World War II shipwreck diving, but few have dared to reach the wonderful, largely pristine Kosrae known as the Gem of Micronesia.
Kosrae, an isle with about 7,000 inhabitants, two major riverside resorts and about 200,000 palm trees, is only accessible to the most daring travellers. Kosrae really is the vision of an exciting traveller in a growing commercial age. It is a very personal "homely" travelling time. Featuring very few expatriates and a small city ambience, everyone is unbelievably inviting; you immediately sense like a part of the fellowship on this almost untouristic isle.
Because everything is family-run and adaptable, you have the liberty to take your own adventures and walk at your own speed. Everybody will do their best to make sure you have a good and enjoyable holiday and see the best their islands have to show. It is a little difficult to reach Kosrae, but it is definitely a worthwhile work.
You have to jump on the isle from Hawaii, but there are frequent United Airlines services. Mikronesia uses the US Dollars, making the islands an easily reachable tourist area. Cosrae Nautilus Resort and Pacific Treelodge Resort. This is just a small selection of routes for this beautiful volcano bacon in the Pacific Ocean.
The Kosrae is encircled by a fringe which means that there are diving spots everywhere. And since the few visitors to the isle are very few, they are overcrowded with other scuba diver. Surrounding many other islets that are renowned for crustaceans and corals, you can stay in the sea with dozens of others, making it look like an ocean of humans, all trying to get a look at the same crustaceans or octopuses that are just trying to do what they do undisturbed.
Most of the time your group - which could just be you and the teacher - is the only one in the group. The only thing you need to do is to run in a line from the shore almost anywhere on the isle. If you are an expert snowboarding lorry and want a world-class (sometimes unsteady) windsurfing experience, Kosrae is the place for you.
Fortunately, freshly fished cod, shrimps, reefs and lobsters are on every meal. Sakow is the Kosraenian name for kava, the mild anaesthetic beverage known throughout the Pacific. Kozrae is known for having the best and most powerful Sakau in the area, which basically means that it is the best in the atlantic.
Looks and smells like slimy mud, but creates a nice mist when drunk together with mates. Sakau, once used for ceremonial or religious ritual, can now be tasted in one of the few caves on the isle. Go to an isle to see some of those little saplings.
Then you didn't see the Kosrae Ca-groves in the only left Ka-forest in the game. Ca-groves are amazing. It' s quite awesome; to know that this is one of a kind, that there is no other place like this and that you have everything to yourself is really an unbelievable feel.
Cosrae is home to the remains of a vast fort and a sacred settlement that is over a thousand years old. It is located in the centre of Kosrae, just behind the only grocery store. However, the story of this small isle is not only "old", the whole isle is also marked by the remains of Japan from the Second World War.
By chance, a pirate also came to visit little Kosrae. Hayes, who terrorised the entire Caribbean and Pacific area. When he used Kosrae as a hiding place, he lost both his vessel and his treasures in the water. The Kosrae is crisscrossed by mangroves and coral-filled canals.
Kosrae has no such things as big and endangering game. So if you are like us and you can freak out, if you think too much about what might be in the ocean with you, Kosrae is quite good for aquatic activities. There is clear waters in the canals, so you can look directly down.
You can even canoe all the way around the islands or canoe. Kosrae offers a walking tour for every taste, from a soft stroll for families to bushwalking. You will find a dozen walks to explore - from hills to cascades and remains from the Second World War.
Known as the "sleeping woman's island", Kosrae's mountains look like a dormant woman. At 1555 ft. it is the second highest top of the whole archipelago and lasts about six hrs according to the speed. On the way to the top you can discover some of the Second World War tunnel construction in Japan.
But it' okay, because nothing on Kosrae can slay you. The Pacific Treelodge Resort is a favourite among Kosrae's expatriates and organises a week-long Utwe Harbour beach shore excursion, full of beers, refreshments and newly cooked freshly caught snappers. It is a wonderful opportunity to sit back with Mark, an US dive guide who has been running Pacific Treelodge for years, hear his tales about Kosrae and see the sundown between the dormant lady's boob.
And not here in Kosrae, where they impale sharks. Proofreading: the machetes. Or, for those looking for something softer, you can unwind on a small boating line while your line is hanging from the side. There is a line and a hooks around a canister.
When you register for a supported spearfishing trip, your locals will show you the lines and then take you to pick up your own delicious sea food. Why stop at freshwater dive sites when a bunch of bounties jump out of the canal? Marlin, cuttlefish, skipjack and barracudas make Kosrae's fishery one of the best in the game.