Wake is awake but the echoes are sleeping

Well, yes I am alive and on Wake Island. I've had all kinds of problems getting on the net, and then even more getting onto the blog. For some reason I just couldn't sign on from the computer in the clinic so had to wait until I could get set up to use my own computer. I think I can get it to work now, but we'll see.
The flight here was fine, two days travelliing but I arrived not too messed up. The island looks just like the pictures but is actually bigger than you'd think. I went diving the next morning on the wreck of a Japanese freighter sunk during WWll; didn't look much like a ship though. Lots of fish, some interesting shellfish and a couple of large seastars. I'm going to try to upload some pictures but I don't know how that'll go with the slow connection.
I've seen one patient so far. The food is pretty decent, dining hall style; some of the Thai dishes are very spicy.
It's interesting to walk around and not have to worry at all about biting insects - there aren't any. You do have to wear shoes all the time because the beach (and everything else) is coral and will tear you feet up. You also have to watch out for the hermit crabs crawling all over the place. They're just like the ones they sell down in Rehoboth, but some of them are the size of baseballs. It takes a little getting used to,especially at night when you see something that looks like a rock sort of rolling itself along the beach. And when you hear noise from the water that sounds like waves lapping, there aren't any waves in the lagoon so what you're hearing is fish - lots of them - jumping all around. I was walking at the edge of the lagoon and just about stepped on about a 14 inch flounder.
Unfortunately I was able to watch the game last weekend. I may have to stay here for a long time.And as slow as this connection is it may take the whole 6 weeks to get an entry in. Photos maybe by next year.