Well we have check out of our last hotel,packed our bags for the last time. Picked up those last chrinkets and are just counting the hours the til we leave paradise. We flew into Honolulu yesterday afternoon for a 30 hour layover before we head home. Honolulu is just about the perfect spot to end this journey, it's not so far from home has everything you could want. There are plenty of foriengners so it gives the impression that you are far from home. The weather...

Our last night in Maui and what a sunset it was. Woke up this morning late as I set the clock for pm instead of am. And proof that Joy can get going in a hurry. Made it to Pacific Whale Foundation in plenty of time. Loaded up with a full boat 79 people and took off. About 300 yards from the dock we encountered our first pod of whales shut the engine down and just drifted with the same pod for two hours. Ended up about a mile from shore the males we were told were...

Oh what a beautiful trip it has been! 25 hours after leaving Yap we arrived and were all set to relax by the pool or maybe a stroll down main street as we stayed in this town during our Honeymoon ten years ago. Oh but you can never go back they say and boy were the right. We stayed in the same class room as we did on our last visit here and sure we have gained weight me more than Joy but we did not get any taller. The bed was a queen size that looked like it had...

Well we have flew the coop out of Yap spending the day here at the airport got a day room and crashed for a while. Checked out the McDonalds they had a shrimp burger gave that a try and I would not expect to see it in th states anytime soon. We are in the Northwest lounge area and it has many free computer terminals but no way to upload so no pictures yet. Last night we said goodbye to out new friends of Yap by having a pizza party with open bar night on the t...

More Diving more Diving I think we are dived out. SO we tried fishing. Had to get to the other side of the island for the trade winds were a blowin. Thirty minutes thats all it took to get two fish then we spent five and a half hours chasing birds around (the tuna run the small fish and the birds grab them). So we gave away three quarters of the fish and took the rest to the local resturant for them to cook up. I think they thought we were bring friends and cooke...