Majuro

We checked out of our Airbnb and left most of our luggage there, as we planned to return the following day. Our goal for today was to spend the day and stay overnight at Eneko Island. We started our morning with a hearty breakfast at the Tide Table Restaurant & Lounge at Hotel Robert Reimers. Bookings for visiting or staying at Eneko Island must be made through Hotel Robert Reimers. Our Airbnb host had kindly made the booking for us in advance; we settled the payment yesterday and collected our vouchers for the transport and stay. We departed from the Uliga Pier. ...

The boats to and from Arno run on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week. We could have gone today and come back on Friday, but since we were flying out on Saturday, I wanted to keep a buffer day in between. If the Friday boat had been cancelled for some reason, we would not have made it to our return flights. So, we decided to make a day trip today and see a little bit of Arno. ...

This was part of Pacific Islands - Day 3 🇲🇭 🔗. The Alele Museum and Public Library had many sections and exhibits and loads of information to peruse. The Marshallese are world-renowned for their “Meto” (navigation) skills, which allowed them to cross vast distances without modern instruments. There were Rebbelip (large charts covering major portions of both island chains) and Wappepe (smaller charts depicting wave patterns common to all atolls) on display. ...

After a long day of travel yesterday, we had a lazy start to the morning. Since we were five hours ahead of our home time zone, our body clocks were still catching up. We planned to explore Majuro today. We set out after lunchtime, and our first stop was the Alele Museum and Public Library. We reached it by shared taxi; the fare was USD 2 per person to go anywhere in Majuro. The taxis drive continuously along the only main road on the island, and you can flag one down going in your desired direction. ...

Our flight UA184 landed in Guam very early in the morning, around 4:15 AM. Guam is a territory of the United States. So we even for transit, we had to clear immigration and were granted entry with our B1/B2 visa for USA. Contrary to previous experiences of always having to collect bags at the first point of entry into the USA, we were told that our bags would be directly transferred to the next flight so we would not have to collect and re-check them here. ...

I had always wanted to do the Pacific Island Hopper after reading about it many years ago. It was operated by Continental Micronesia, and after the merger, by United Airlines. One of the best and probably the only practical way to experience this was with an award redemption ticket using miles. I have been collecting miles on United MileagePlus for quite some time and this was one of the best ways to use them. ...