Title – Traffic Jam in Paradise Lost
Date – September 2004
Location – Majuro - Marshal Islands
Majuro is only 42 miles long tip to tip and has one road running through the middle of the Atoll; the island is not wide enough to allow for back streets and alleyways, so for most of the 35 mile stretch of paved road you can see the sea on both sides. With the compensation the USA is still paying the displaced islanders from Bikini Atoll and the money from the lease of the US Army base on Kwajalein (made famous for the part it plays in the “Star Wars” project), the people of this island are in the main richer then their Pacific Island neighbours. This has led to an influx of cars that drive one way down the one road in the morning rush hour and the other way for the return journey, creating the biggest of traffic jams on the smallest of islands.
Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop can help you navigate the problems you will come across on your travels in an efficient and practical manner. We can help you overcome these hurdles and travel confidently and safely. Beyond The Blue can guide you and tell you when to follow the crowd and when to stand up and be counted.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Date – September 2004
Location – Majuro - Marshal Islands
Majuro is only 42 miles long tip to tip and has one road running through the middle of the Atoll; the island is not wide enough to allow for back streets and alleyways, so for most of the 35 mile stretch of paved road you can see the sea on both sides. With the compensation the USA is still paying the displaced islanders from Bikini Atoll and the money from the lease of the US Army base on Kwajalein (made famous for the part it plays in the “Star Wars” project), the people of this island are in the main richer then their Pacific Island neighbours. This has led to an influx of cars that drive one way down the one road in the morning rush hour and the other way for the return journey, creating the biggest of traffic jams on the smallest of islands.
Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop can help you navigate the problems you will come across on your travels in an efficient and practical manner. We can help you overcome these hurdles and travel confidently and safely. Beyond The Blue can guide you and tell you when to follow the crowd and when to stand up and be counted.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
No comments:
Post a Comment