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Teenage girls are the same across the world
These young girls had managed to get hold of a stick of red lipstick, which is not common on Kiribati. With so much stacked against them,...
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Fun in the sun
Kids skipping school for fun in the sun!
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Kiribati Sisters
In Kiribati it is well known that people do not live as long as in western, first world countries. Retirement age is 50yrs old and it...
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Dried smoked fish
Many communities around the world smoke fish and sell it, Kiribati was no different. The fish is cleaned, laid out on cut palm frond...
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Kiribati Kids
Children will find the fun in anything. It has taken me 3 hours to load this photo - hope you enjoy it! Kiribati is different world on...
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Drawn Back to Africa
There is cliche’ “You can take the girl out of Africa but you cannot take the Africa out of the girl”. I laughed when I first heard this...
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Alone
Tarawa Lagoon at low tide. A single mangrove tree grows in the exposed salty beach.
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There are some beautiful sunset to be found
As we move into the dry season, the clouds still drift around Kiribati. This is a resort in North Tarawa, Kiribati. I live on South...
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Kiribati
This is a Kia-Kia, and in the back ground on the left, is a Maneaba. Local I-Kiribati people live in and sleep in a Kia-Kia. It is the...
We have arrived and trying to find out feet
We have arrive in Kiribati, our new home for a little while but settling in is moving at "island time” pace and we will all be taught a...