Roi Rat JournalRoi Rat JournalRoi Rat Journal is a not so serious account of my life on a small island in the middle of the Pacific. It is chuck full of interesting facts about the people who are native to the Marshall Islands as well as great photos of diving, sailing, and surf
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Bomb Scare
2007-08-28 06:06:00 During the battle that took place here in WWII the island of Roi-Namur was peppered with bombs and ammunition. Many of them did not immediately explode and are still present on the island. Residents here are warned never to touch any they happen to find and if they do see some to contact the authorities ... More About: Bomb
Voyage of Moonshine
2007-08-26 21:31:00 Voyage of Moonshine The title of this article may give the reader the misimpression that I am writing about a booze cruise. I will assure you that it was hardly the case. Last Saturday at lunch one my colleagues Bruce mentioned that he was thinking of sailing his boat from Kwaj up to Roi-Namur but that ... More About: Sailing , Voyage
Surfing on Kwajalein Atoll
2007-08-25 17:53:00 Iakwe, This is a slight departure from my normal blogs. I just added some photos that my friend EriC sent me a while back. EriC is a dedicated surfer and a wicked guitarist. We were once in a reggae band Tribal Fusion together. Our original drummer was a former professional surfer ... More About: Surfing , Island Life
Assault on Enniburr
2007-08-25 08:32:00 Assault on Enniburr (or how I spent a year on Enniburr one Sunday morning) originally published on June 13, 2002 As I have already spoken of in my chapter on Adopt a Beach, I have spent many a night staring across the lagoon at the 3 visible lights on Enniburr, pondering what it was like there and ... More About: Assault , Saul
Adopt a Beach
2007-08-23 07:22:00 Adopt a Beach (Roi Style) - originally published January 10, 2002 My household goods have not arrived here yet so I?ve had to find other things to keep me busy. My boating lessons don?t start until next week and I need to get my c-card to dive. But they have a program here called Adopt A ... More About: Island Life , Adopt
Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Indigenous Peoples of the Marshall Islands
2007-08-22 07:19:00 Originally Published on March 21, 2002 - Since originally writing this I learned a lot more about the Marshallese people. Not everything I wrote was accurate so what’s new? I would invite my Marshallese readers to correct errors I have made. I would like to restate once again my love and respect for the Marshallese ... More About: Marshall Islands , Indigenous , Islands , Cultural , Peoples
Registered on Technorati
2007-08-22 02:09:00 Roi Rat Journal is now registered on Technorati . I’d also like to take this time to express my appreciation to my good friend Bob White and my mother for sending me some of my lost articles that now appear on the web-site. Also, please support our sponsors who pay for my free server space by ... More About: Blogroll , Regis , Stere
Flora and Fauna on Roi
2007-08-21 00:39:00 Wildlife Flor a and Fauna - originally published on January 31st, 2002 I am not exactly sure what fauna is but it seems to go hand in hand with flora in literature. The most common plant noticeable to a layman such as myself would be the coconut tree. I’ve mistakenly called these palm trees before when I ... More About: Travel
Future Reality/Illusion of the Past - Life on Roi
2007-08-14 06:14:00 Future Reality /Illusion of the Past - Originally published January 22, 2002 In the words of Ziggy Marley, we here on Roi-Namur are tomorrow people as we live on the other side of the dateline. Whatever day it is right now in Seattle, Tucson,Cleveland or Florida it is one day in the future here (usually). Roi-Namur as ... More About: Life , Future
Glenniver?s Travels
More articles from this author:2007-08-12 01:30:00 My First Trip to Roi-Namur I had an interesting last several weeks in the USA with all the traveling I had to do. Well, maybe it wasn’t interesting but it was exciting in a bad sort of way for the most part. It all started when I drove up to Seattle to let my children have ... More About: Travel , Travels , Glen 1, 2 |
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