Chillin' Marshallese Style

A girl achieves serious arc while her sisters look on below. I'm at Laura Beach, located at the wide edge of Majuro island. At the end of the longest road in Micronesia, which is 30 miles long and traverses the entirety of Majuro island, is the best place to swim on island. I've been to Laura a couple of times now on the weekend. It's an hour drive from the downtown area and I'm told, more closely resembles the outer islands. It's more leafy and the houses more spread out.

In the background of the picture you can see a couple of the other islands in the atoll. The water is therefore part of the lagooon, a coral crater sheltered by a ring of islands, including mine. On the ocean side the water is usually a lot rougher. It also goes on forever. The lagoon's calm waters and islands a short distance away serve to anchor Majuro in a way that I find calming. It makes being on a tiny island a little less intimidating.


The second picture was taken from the shore of Enecko, one of these other islands part of the Majuro atoll. Out with some friends, American and Marshallese, we anchored the boat and emptied a cooler of Budweiser. A few hours later, some friends our boat's owner arrived straight from fishing. Sashimi, raw fish, is a delicacy here. No need to cook the fish, we simply sliced a few open and munched on the insides. Enno. (Mmm... tasty.)