@ai6yr They will sleep on board because there are no hotels. Not because of endangered crabs.
Dredging equipment? Its in 5ft of water...grab a mask and go look. They are really trying to get a story out of a simple operation. Looks like a cool place though.
@Microplastics101 On the plus side, you DEFINITELY need an in-person inspection on these to determine what you've seen.... Satellite -- helpful to identify areas to look. Drone -- rule out that it's not a natural object, something worth looking for. In person - required to determine exactly what is there, at least at this point.
@ai6yr I would volunteer to go look. I might need several months anchored there to make sure. I bet the fishing is good. I spent too little time in Suwarrow. Highly recommend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwarrow
@Microplastics101 @ai6yr and the expedition will require several cases of high quality rum for sterilizing things of course!
@virgilpierce @ai6yr Mandatory I believe.
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It gets good reviews in Google maps.
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Oct 14, 2026, 2:40 AMYou must have had an amazing life yourself! I would love to hear all the stories 😊
The funny thing is, when you posted the link here, I didn't recognize that it was the same island (different spelling, different phonemes). But I thought the image looked so much like how I had imagined that Island 😂. Or maybe I had looked at it on maps, I don't remember....
@NilaJones @ai6yr I very nearly took the job of caretaker. I knew the caretaker from when he was a cop on Rarotonga. I ran a cafe there for a while.
@Microplastics101 @NilaJones Oooh, I have chatted a bunch of times with someone on Raratonga... I need to find the card I have from him. Plus, the money with a hole in it which apparently is the same size as a US quarter or something so it got changed? LOL.
@ai6yr @NilaJones And their 3 dollar bill.
@Microplastics101 @ai6yr This all very much reminds me of this excellent true crime book that takes place on a tropical island. 😐
Was apparently a best seller in the 90s, but I only just read it this year. Super nice used hardbounds are very cheap.