It was quite choppy, but once we got in the water it looked great. The visibility was the best I've seen since I got back here - it's also the closest I've come to diving outside the reef. We started off just inside the pass, deep and swam towards the open sea. When the current got to bad to fight we started to ascend and drifted along the pass walls. There was fantastic coral and invertebrate life all along the walls. We made it about an hour then surfaced - while waiting for Simon and Eileen to pick us up it was nice to notice that the conditions were quite a bit nicer. Back on the boat we had a picnic lunch then headed for home. The good weather conditions lasted just until we got the boat to shore, then it started to rain as we were unloading.

We drove into Kolonia and checked into a new hotel that Stacy had wanted to check out. We took turns showering - while Sue was showering Stacy and I went on a quick shopping trip and bought some some snacks and beer for our fridge. That night we went to a little party at Simon and Eileen's. The food and company were great. Late we left and went to meet up with everyone else (Eleanor, Windy, and Tim - a friend of Windy and Sue's from Chuuk) at a local club, Flamingo. I was in a pretty grumpy mood - not sure why, but I just wasn't feeling too hot.