Roi Namor Discovery Day

This is a yearly trek taken by the inhabitants of Kwaj. An opportunity to visit another place and for a charitable cause: The Enniburr Childrens Fund. Which supports the school on Enniburr which is a small poverty stricken island. The teachers sign a contract to come for one school year with only a small stippent to cover their expenses. Also as a way to collect money so the kids have Christmas they have the "Chili Cookoff". Contestants pay $20 to enter and the Judges pay $25 to judge the contest. I elected to be a judge for a good cause. Next year I think I will be a contestant cause I definitely make better Chili than I tasted at this cookoff. I even got the opportunity to taste Chili made with fish (YUCK). The day turned out to be beautiful but the ride over on the Catamaran was pretty rough and there was a bunch of sick folk on the way there and I am sure that after the amount of alcohol some put away while there it was rough on the way back. The trip took 3 hours each way so if you were having a rough time with the rocking and pitching of the boat it was a very long 3 hrs. I think next time I would rather go up the day before on the comuter plane. :-) Roi is the sister island to Kwajalein and is maintained by the US. As you can see it is very lovely!

Halloween & Monster Bash

Halloween is a big thing here and everyone seems to get into it. They even had to put a limitation on all the kids the come over from Ebeye (Island next to us) to participate. There were lots of cool costumes and plenty of kids and adults out on Halloween. Alyssa went as a vampire pirate, Beth went as a Rock'in Fairy and Nina was a Hobo. I was a Corpse/Bride. It started at 6:30 pm and was to end at 8:30 pm. I had bought 4 big bags and 3 smaller bags of candy which I thought would be enough but I was out of candy by 7:40 pm. Luckily I didn't have to turn away any small kids and only a few kids were left roaming the neighborhood by about 8 pm. Most of the kids I saw were the Marshallese kids with a few American mixed in there. Everyone had a good time and I saw plenty of bags heavy with candy. For the Adults there were two parties: (1) Swashbuckler Ball, where everyone dressed up as some kind of pirate (Ididn't go) or (2) the Monster Bash held at the Vets Club ( I did go). Had a good time (no one knew who I was till I talked to them). I didn't win any prizes but considering people had spent big money $200-$300 dollars I think mine was pretty good for $5.38. What do you think?