Leg 202, Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands to Arorae Island, Kiribati
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So many islands! Exploring the rest of the Marshall islands and Kiribati today.
03-11 Rongelap Island PKRG 174nm next 5:07 PM
03-11 Utirik 03N 6:09 PM GPS map marker in the wrong place
03-11 Ailuk PKAI 6:32 PM
03-11 Wotje N36 6:51 PM
03-11 Kaben PKTA 7:11 PM
03-11 Maloelap 3N1 7:23 PM
03-11 Tabal Airstrip TBV 7:34 PM
03-11 Aur Island PKAU 7:39 PM Short runway, trees at one end
03-11 Marshall Islands Intl PKMJ 8:04 PM
03-11 Enejit EJT 8:33 PM
03-11 Makin Island NGMN 9:34 PM
03-11 Butaritari NGTU 9:44 PM
03-11 Marakei NGMK 10:13 PM
03-11 Abaiang NGAB 10:24 PM
03-11 Bonriki Intl NGTA 10:37 PM
03-11 Maiana NGMA 10:51 PM
03-11 Abemama Atoll NGTB 11:17 PM
03-11 Kuria NGKT 11:30 PM
03-11 Buariki NGUK 11:37 PM
03-12 Tabiteuea North NGTE 12:17 AM
03-12 Tabiteuea South NGTS 12:28 AM
03-12 Onotoa NGON 12:43 AM
03-12 Beru NGBR 12:59 AM
03-12 Nikunau NGNU 1:11 AM
03-12 Arorae Island NGTR 1:42 AM
Flight time 8:35 24 stops
Departure from Rongelap Island
Utirik Atoll
More Morse code land
Wotje Atoll
Kaven Island, part of Maloelap Atoll
Landing at Tabal Airstrip on Aur Atoll
Aur Island
Calalin Island, part of Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands International Airport ahead
The airport is wider than the island
Majuro Atoll
Laura Island, west side of Majuro Atoll, WW2 remains here as well
Alele Museum and Public Library
Mili Atoll
Enejak Airport on Mili Atoll
Makin Island, part of Kiribati
Butaritari Airport
Traditional style house (mostly for tourism nowadays) and more WW2 remains laying around
Marakei Island
Landing at Marakei Airport
Marakei
Abaiang Island
Bonriki part of Tarawa Atoll
North Tarawa and Biketawa, one of the many islands part of the atoll
Maiana Island
Oi, I’ll have some of that juice in that truck over there
Abema Atoll
The water is so clear!
Buariki, just leaving the airstrip
Tabiteuea South, I haven’t seen a bridge in a long time
Beru Island
It’s getting late on the way to Nikunau
Watching the sun set on the way to Arorae Island
Arorae Island
Last stop today, when the sun goes down it gets dark fast around here
Heading west tomorrow, to the Solomon Islands.