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  1. kiribatikate avatar

    Re: Teaching/Volunteer Work in Bhutan?

    by kiribatikate 07 September 2011

    Hi there, Coincidentally, I am in quite a similar situation to Ben. I am a teacher also of ten years who is taking leave for 2012. I…

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    RE: Brisbane Airport ovenight

    by Ozziegiraffe 23 August 2011

    Brisbane Domestic terminal is pretty awful, but International is quite pleasant. It even has a chapel, and I think there might be showers.…

  3. viajar avatar

    RE: Tarawa

    by viajar 04 August 2011

    I'm just back from Kiribati (currently in Fiji, waiting for the Tonga segment of my vacation). I had a wonderful time there. The boa…

  4. Alex_Carioca avatar

    RE: Pacific Bula pass by Air Pacific

    by Alex_Carioca 14 July 2011

    +After I get my holidays confirmed by the 15/08+ I meant "before" Oh, and I'm ruling out the Solomons, for time reasons, and Tuvalu…

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    RE: Traditional Villages in Kiribati

    by TheGreenLantern 14 July 2011

    I agree with kiriguy. When I visited Marakei island about three years ago I found the society to be friendly and the villages were tradit…

  6. Kiriguy avatar

    RE: Traditional Villages in Kiribati

    by Kiriguy 10 July 2011

    I think that if you made it to any of the outer islands in Kiribati, you would only find traditional villages. Generally, the northern…

  7. Alex_Carioca avatar

    RE: Air Pacific Bula Pass and Where to go

    by Alex_Carioca 04 July 2011

    Guys, I am also planning for Dec/Jan, and my preliminary list is both Samoas, Tonga (because they're said to be the cheapest islands togethe…

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    RE: Solomon Islands - General info

    by MadManascar 25 June 2011

    Hello again to all, Lazslo, I am not particularly prefer the Malenisian countries over the others. I have seen from your travel tips that…

  9. GREAKLY avatar

    Re: Island hopping in the South Pacific

    by GREAKLY 13 June 2011

    Bula pass is a great thing. Yes, you have to backtrack through Nadi every time you fly to a different island but the value you get is…

  10. tilos avatar

    RE: Pacific Islands possible on a limited budget ???

    by tilos 09 June 2011

    Laszlo: I misspoke, I didn't mean to imply all of Fiji was touristy. Rather, what I meant to say was that the cost of transport out of…

  11. munchie86 avatar

    Traditional Villages in Kiribati

    by munchie86 02 June 2011

    Hi all! I need to find some *traditional villages in Kiribati and/or the outer islands.* I'm currently contacting a few people in Kiriba…

  12. samoahope avatar

    RE: Getting to Kiribati from Northern Asia, cannot find any flights.

    by samoahope 11 May 2011

    Air Pacific goes from Hong Kong to Nadi.

  13. jameswidows avatar

    Re: SE Asia, Fiji, Kiribati. Flights sorted, help me fill in the bits between?

    by jameswidows 11 May 2011

    I've also been looking at Awesome Adventures' Beach Bum package which will allow me to stay at the Beachcomber and Manta Ray for 2 nights…

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    RE: SE Asia, Fiji, Kiribati. Flights sorted, help me fill in the bits between?

    by Laszlo 11 May 2011

    The only Q I can see here is "how I can best spend 2 nights in Fiji whilst I'm kicking my heels waiting to get back to the UK" and the…

  15. jameswidows avatar

    SE Asia, Fiji, Kiribati. Flights sorted, help me fill in the bits between?

    by jameswidows 11 May 2011

    Now then, I'm back after some re-planning etc etc. I've booked my flights so here's the skinny (ignoring the bit where I'm in Thailand…

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    RE: Tarawa

    by viajar 01 May 2011

    Thank you very much for your replies. I've downloaded the material from their tourism board and I've seen walks of 2h30 and even 6h.…

  17. Laszlo avatar

    RE: Tarawa

    by Laszlo 01 May 2011

    Boats leave for somewhere up north pretty much daily (except on Sundays I think). The cheap option up there is the island council's somew…

  18. viajar avatar

    Tarawa

    by viajar 30 April 2011

    Greetings, I'll be in Kiribati next July/August for 6 days. I'd like to go to the northern part of the atoll. Does anyone have info…

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    RE: My lonely traveler experience of Tonga

    by viajar 30 April 2011

    Thank you very much for sharing! I'm going to Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati this summer (July/August 2011) and your post was very…

  20. tilos avatar

    RE: Tarawa over Easter was great.

    by tilos 28 April 2011

    Please post links to pictures and any details you can give about costs, food, and the like. I would love to make a trip to Kiribati,…

  21. Laszlo avatar

    RE: Spending Easter 2011 on Tarawa - any tips?

    by Laszlo 16 April 2011

    Check out my post on Kiribati on the top of the Kiribati branch, and the local tourism office's site I linked to. Basically, you will…

  22. viajar avatar

    Re: Kiribati - a Few Updates

    by viajar 02 April 2011

    Hi, thank you for your post. Edited by: viajar

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    RE: Marshall Islands to Kiribati

    by 5Waldos 19 March 2011

    This is rather funny- the thread has been going on for 3 1/2 years and nothing that has been said over the years is anything but still…

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    Re: Marshall Islands to Kiribati

    by eildon1 19 March 2011

    I called up Air Marshall Islands this week at their HQ in Majuro (their Web site having been down for a long time). Apparently they do…

  25. Laszlo avatar

    RE: Island Hopping in the Pacific

    by Laszlo 19 March 2011

    Any info in the Moon SP guides is VERY old now. As for "Fiji time" - Fiji is actually pretty much the easiest and most efficient island…

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