RRE Hotel
The Hotel Robert Reimers has a traditional Marshallese flavor, primarily due to its luxurious tropical garden. There are four types of rooms, two of which are upstairs alongside the restaurant. Of these, most have verandahs and views of the lagoon. In the garden, there is a row of small (but adequate) budget rooms. The hotel’s Read More
A Look Back in Time
"The Most Memorable Holiday We Ever Had"
KAREN EARNSHAW Former Peace Corps volunteer Dave Moss, who grew up in Richmond California, arrived in the Marshall Islands in July, 1968 to work as a teacher. First he taught at Rita Elementary and then moved on to Marshall Islands High School. He shared a house with Ron Levy, who worked with a number of Read More
Enen Kio (a.k.a. Wake Island)
Island of the kio flower
By KAREN EARNSHAW Posted in December, 2016, in Majuro. As a number of Asian nations on the Pacific Rim beef up their military prowess, it is expected that the US will, in the next few years, begin upgrading its facilities at the strategic Wake Island (a.k.a Enen Kio), which is 1,501 miles east of Guam, Read More
Banks
Bank of Marshall Islands: This bank is the main source of loans to residents. It is located in Uliga, next to the post office and opposite RRE Hotel. The bank’s long-time President is Patrick Chen. All banking services are available. bankmar@ntamar.net (692) 625-3636 Bank of Guam: Located in the Island Pride Supermarket building in Delap. Read More
Diving: Getting out on the water
Despite the fact that Majuro is the country’s largest population center, with about 35,000 residents, the waters are remarkably clear and rich in sea life (especially on the ocean sides and at the main pass, Kalalin). If you are a certified diver/s you can charter the 25-foot sports boat Wasabi with Captain Cary Evarts (caryevarts@yahoo.com or Read More
Darlene Keju’s speech at WCC
A significant link between the World Council of Churches and the Marshall Islands is the historic speech given by Ebeye’s Darlene Keju Johnson at the Pacific Plenary of the World Council of Churches* Assembly at Vancouver, Canada, in 1983 (see video below). According to an article on Wikipedia, Darlene was a pioneering critic of the Read More
Marshall Islands Seal
The official seal of the Marshall Islands was approved in 1986. Follows is what is symbolizes: The centerpiece is the Angel of Peace with outstretched wings. Around the angel from the top and moving clockwise are the following… First, is the 24-point star representing the 21 municipalities of the Republic. The four long rays represent Read More
The Tale of SV Liberty
By Mark and Angie Stearns on the yacht Uno Mas In November, 2020, the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s then Education Director Nate Sandel found out that one of their mini-boats, SV Liberty, was stranded in Ailuk Atoll. The subsequent relaunch of SV Liberty morphed into a project involving people around the world: Nate found New Read More
Coconut Zen
April, 2018: The crew of the big red yacht Infinity this month spearheaded the making of a musical ditty about a little slice of life in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, which they described as “the most endangered country in the world due to flooding from climate change.” On the YouTube post, the ‘Sea Read More
Beran is Back
Surfing star Martin Daly’s website www.indiestrader.com announced September 21, 2022: “With the border gate now well and truly swung open and off the hinges out in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) our first surf season in two years at Beran Island on Ailinglaplap is looming large along with a forecast La Nina year…” Read More
