Federated States of Micronesia Travel Guide 2026: Pohnpei, Chuuk Lagoon WWII Wrecks, Yap Stone Money and Kosrae from India
Browse more guides: Federated States Of Micronesia travel | Oceania destinations Federated States of Micronesia Travel Guide 2026: Pohnpei, Chuuk Lagoon WWII Wrecks, Yap Stone Money and Kosrae from India I will be honest with you. When I first plotted Federated States of Micronesia on a map, I had to zoom in three times because the country is mostly ocean. Four states, 607 islands, only about 700 square kilometres of total land, and roughly 105,000 people spread across a swathe of the Pacific bigger than India. Yet inside those tiny dots of coral and basalt sit some of the most extraordinary places I have ever travelled to. A 92-islet stone city built on a coral reef. A lagoon holding 60 sunken Japanese warships from World War II. Four-metre limestone disks still used as ceremonial money. A mountain shaped like a sleeping woman. This guide is the long version of every note, receipt and lesson I gathered while planning and walking through the four states of Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap and ...