Kiribati, some will say it is difficult to find a more remote place on the planet, but most will simply never have heard about this place! Yes, this is an independent state, member of the United Nations since 1999! 117,000 inhabitants, with around 63,000 of them living on South Tarawa where I'm spending 3 nights/4 days. To get here, most will come via the 3 hours flight, twice per week from Nadi in Fiji. You also have the Air Nauru shuttle doing Brisbane-Naura-Tarawa-Majuro-Pohnpei on Thursday and back on Friday. Air Nauru also just started a once a week Naura-Tarawa-Kirimati. The inhabitants of Kiribati used to have to go via Fiji if they wanted to do the domestic travel from Tarawa to Kirimati! Not anymore, but the flight is a whooping 4 hours. Imagine, this is nearly
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