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The past few weeks have been an interesting time here on Kwaj. We had a Mardi Gras celebration put on by MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation). It included a parade and beach celebration. They even spruced up some golf carts, and the school marching band performed. It was a lot of fun, and I collected enough beaded necklaces to last a lifetime.
I snapped a few photos of the parade, which included a variety of organizations on-island, the school, emergency services, and a smattering of other groups. I included a photo of the marching band as well, but blacked out the faces of the students - so that picture will look a bit bizarre.
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| Black spots on faces to protect student privacy. |
We also took another trip to Ebeye during these past few weeks, this time to go out to dinner. There are no sit-down restaurants on Kwajalein, and so any desire to "eat out" is pretty much a non-starter unless you go to Ebeye. So we took the ferry over to Ebeye one evening, and found ourselves at La Bojie - one of the small local restaurants.
I'll admit, it didn't look like much, and I was a bit worried about how my stomach would hold up after eating there. I ordered the teriyaki chicken with garlic rice, and it was actually pretty tasty. I felt fine afterwards too, so no health or cleanliness issues to speak of.
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| Evening on Ebeye - from the dock |
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| La Bojie |
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| From our table, while eating - it was a bit of a slow night for them |
Otherwise, life is pretty routine on Kwaj at the moment, with school in full swing for the second semester. I'm teaching a few new classes this semester and the kids seem to be really enjoying them. One of them is Business Law, and the class discussions have been really quite fun. The other is Web Design, with the kids ultimately learning how to design web pages and hopefully taking responsibility for part of the school website when they're done.
I'll leave you with a few neat pictures to close out this post. We recently had a full moon out here, which is not all that weird of course... but it looked incredible. Being where we are on the earth, the full moon ends up being incredibly bright. It's almost unreal. Check it out:
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| Full moon on Kwaj |
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| Full moon on Kwaj |
