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This website is a travelogue of my trip to Micronesia in January 1999. On my trip, I visited some tiny islands scattered over the western Pacific. Here are the pages for the islands I visited:
My photos of the islands and some thoughts on what I found there are contained in this website. Select from the page links in the sidebar to travel to the islands, and select the links below to go to island photo albums.
And since I’ve become a bit of a Nauru Nerd since I visited, I’ve started The Nauru Nerd Blog, containing posts of items of interest about Nauru and also some of the other islands I visited.
In its first version, this website started as a way of showing photos of the trip to family and friends, and grew from there. Although it was lying dormant and had not been updated for many years, I was still receiving emails from people who come across it. I decided to relocate it to its own domain name and give it a new lease of life.
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Nauru, Jan 1999 I spent a day on the Republic of Nauru in January 1999 when I was travelling through to Micronesia and Guam. Since then, Air Nauru has gone broke, the Pacific Solution has come and gone, and a Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist is now the Nauruan President. 18 photos |
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Guam, Jan 1999 Where America's Day Begins. 18 photos |
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Rota, Jan 1999 It's 9 years since I visited Rota, the closest of the Northern Mariana Islands to Guam. The biggest town is a village called Songsong, all drivers wave as you drive past, there were remnants of the Japanese occupation during WW2, and a nice beach 21 photos |
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Pohnpei, Jan 1999 It's 9 years since I visitied Pohnpei, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia. Kolonia, the capital, was a wild-west type town. I visited ancient ruins at Nan Madol, climbed Sokehs Rock, and drank sakau with the locals. 45 photos |
