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...
Otiintai Hotel: The hotel on Gilbert Islands
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...
A private home: The best kitchen on 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...
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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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...
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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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