With Akiko and Wakana I went farther from the shore at Gab Gab than I would have done alone. And boy, was it worthwhile! The water was so clear and there were so many fish that it was like flying when you went down to have a closer look. And all around you were schools of brightly colored fish flying with you. The women were thrilled by the last two expeditions and sorry to have to get out of the water.

It was interesting to take them on to the base. We hadn't been there but ten minutes when Wakana commented on the different feel of the atmosphere there. She said she felt it the minute we came through the gate. They were very interested in seeing what lay there beyond the gate they could not otherwise have crossed. They loved to see the Japanese two man sub down at the museum.

Akiko has to go home on sunday morning but she is talking wistfully of moving to Guam. Wakana gets excited when I talk of doing this kind of thing every weekend and even during the week. Then we discussed borrowing Gordon's kayaks and doing some exploring with those. And we haven't even started looking into hiking in to see the waterfalls.

Today they went on the Talafofo River Jungle Cruise. They say it was fun and interesting. I guess I will have to try it out. They also went up to see Yokoi's Cave. That is a tourist trap where the Korean proprietors convince the Japanese toruists that they are looking at the cave Shoichi Yokoi hid in for 27 years after WWII. He actually had two caves and that one is not one of them.

Tomorrow is Saturday at last. I don't HAVE to do anything if I don't want to. I will go over to the canoe at 10:00 to see the progress on the ep-ep. I understand we have a new mast and boom. I think we are close to getting her back into the water.

And so endeth another day.