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No cars to be afraid of, except on Tarawa.
JoAnn94024 Says: Atolls are a great place for a bike ride - the southern part of North Tarawa has no cars so biking gets you a lot further to see more. Good news - atolls are...
JoAnn94024 Says: Accommodations on Tarawa are somewhat limited, but this one is a gem. First, if you are traveling to Tarawa for vacation you must have a sense of adventure, so...
glenn57 Says: There are only 3 ways to fly to Tarawa, the main atoll of Kiribati: from Fiji on Air Pacific, from Nauru on Air Nauru, and from Majuro (in the Marshall Islands)...
Take Air Kiribati between atolls
glenn57 Says: If you dare.... one of their two little planes crashed. And when I was on Air Kiribati, there were 3 more passengers than seats - passengers were sitting in...
glenn57 Says: Abaiang is a 4-hour boat ride (or 15 minute plane ride) from Tarawa. I really enjoyed it. It offers a more traditional and more rural Kiribati than Tarawa....
glenn57 Says: In December 1941, a few days after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese occupied 3 of the atolls of Kiribati. They remained until a US offensive in November 1943 - this...
glenn57 Says: Do this during the day only (see my danger tip). Tarawa's population is most heavily concentrated at Betio, which is at the far southwest emd of Tarawa. This is...
glenn57 Says: In general, you see very little economic activity happening in Kiribati. But take a trip to Betio harbour and you'll see some activity. This is where the boats...
glenn57 Says: Kiribati's modern parliament buildings are on Bairiki Island, north side, on Tarawa atoll. A photo of them appears at the top of my Kiribati intro. They are a...
glenn57 Says: Kiribati consists of dozens of atolls. Each atoll consists of many long narrow islands arranged in a circle; by 'narrow', I mean usually less than 200 metres...
glenn57 Says: Swimming is good on the ocean side of Tarawa. I wouldn't swim in the lagoon, after what I witnessed there many times. Frankly, the people use the lagoon as a...
Rusket Says: Air Nauru flies from Fiji to Tarawa a couple of times a week. There is a connection from Hawaii to Christmas Island once a week too no flights since april...
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