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Camping on Biketawa

Camping on Biketawa, Tarawa

 Rusket Says:  Very nice camp site on an isolated part of the Tarawa atoll, administered by the government and supervised by a watchman, his old father, his dog and his cat. The best way to get there is to pay somebody to take you by boat. It is possible to go by minibus to the northern... 

Hotels  

Otiintai Hotel: The hotel on Gilbert Islands

Otiintai Hotel: The hotel on Gilbert Islands, Tarawa

 Rusket Says:  Standard and service are ok, the rooms are big and well equipped, with a nice bathroom. A nice detail: Each bathroom is equipped with a small bucket, for guests to do their laundry. The only hotel on the Gilbert Islands :-) But there are motels or guesthouses on most of the... 

Restaurants  

Otiintai Hotel: Caught in the lagoon

Otiintai Hotel: Caught in the lagoon, Tarawa

 Rusket Says:  The first day of our stay at Otiintai we saw a big tunafish laying outside the hotel kitchen, and we could smell it the rest of our stay. Not that it smelled badly, but anything we ate in that hotel had the taste of tunafish afterwards, even the steak. Maybe they have only... 

A private home: The best kitchen on Tarawa

A private home: The best kitchen on Tarawa, Tarawa

 Rusket Says:  Most of the places we ate they tried to sell some kind of western or asian inspired food, often with imported ingredients. The food was often quite tasteless. I don't know why, when they have an ocean full of fish, lobsters, shell ..., and they do have their own vegetables... 

Transportation  

Mini buses

Mini buses, Tarawa

 Rusket Says:  The road on Tarawa is trafficated by minibuses with 12 passanger seats and a wooden bench. Most of them are family run, with the man driving and the wife selling tickets, but a few companies have up to five buses. They stop wherever you want, and the fare is low. But you... 

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 Tarawa is the main atoll of Kiribati, with the capital Bairiki, Bonriki International Airport and the villages Bikenibeu and Betio. Kiribati is as close to heaven as you can come (on earth), but the... 

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