Tuvalu: Unknown Paradise in the Pacific Like a needle in a haystack, a speck of land appears in the Pacific. As it lands on the runway, the 30 seat plane pulled up to the international airport, with the appropriate code FUN. As I waited to disembark, there was a noticeable sense of cheer outside. Walking towards to the shack like airport and through immigration I was told the twice weekly airline landing was the nations highlight. The airport was Funafuti's version of Downtown. Just a few minutes after, I have my bag and walk the 100 meters to Vaiaku Lagi, my hotel for the next five nights. Funafuti is the largest atoll in the tiny South Pacific Island nation, Tuvalu. Approximately half way between Australia and Hawaii, it boasts the worlds fourth smallest area and
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