Majuro Taxi Driver
The film team Sea Gypsies, sailing on the big red yacht Infinity, spent many, many months anchored off Majuro in the Marshall Islands whilst doing ship repairs to get ready for sailing the Northwest Passage. During that time, when not scraping rust, gluing sails and generally fixing stuff, the crew met a few eccentric locals […]
Batmon Vs Majuro
The film premiered on Friday, October 14 at Jitak en in Small Island, Majuro and over the next two days hundreds of people turned up to enjoy the show. Here’s the story line from co-producer Jack Niedenthal: From the award winning creators of the critically acclaimed Marshallese language feature films Jilel: The Calling of […]
Coconut Zen
Majuro Musical by Infinity April, 2018: The crew of the big red yacht Infinity this month spearheaded the making of a musical ditty about a 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 YoutTube […]
Jilel: The Calling of the Shell
Described as ‘A Global Warming Fairy Tale’, Jilel is a heartwarming, heroic story about a young Marshallese girl named Molina who is confronted for the first time with the idea that her island—her beloved homeland—is vanishing because of the rising seas caused by world-wide global warming. This unusual, thought provoking Marshallese language (with […]
Bonny Taggart
Today’s guest writer for Remembering RMI is Bonny Taggart, who sailed into Majuro with husband Ken on December 9, 2007. They left the Marshall Islands on October 7, 2016. Bonny Taggart organized a Christmas party for the kids of Delap in 2009. There are so many memories from my nine years in the Marshall Islands, […]
The Sound of Crickets at Night
“The Sound of Crickets at Night is wonderful! I love how the film intertwines modern day Majuro with Marshallese legend. The music is amazing and the young actress stole my heart. This film is a great vehicle for teaching our current generation the effects of the U.S. bombing of Bikini.” — Rebecca Lathrop, former principal […]
Wellness Center
A great eating out treat can be found at the Wellness Center at the Majuro Hospital complex in Delap. The focus of the food is healthy, to match the goal of its founding organization, Canvasback Missions. The Wellness Center in Majuro was established, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Human Services in 2005. […]
The Acronym Jungle
Acronym heaven: One aspect that’s extremely likely to send you up a tree in your first week in Majuro is the locals’ love for acronyms, many of which turn conversations into a pile of mumbo-jumbo. A case in point would be the following conversation: Bloke A: “I just got in on AMI and have to […]
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Canoes of the Marshalls
Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) is based in Delap, just west of the Marshall Islands Resort. The grassroots non-profit, non-government organization known as WAM trains Marshall Islands youth based on the traditions of the Marshallese canoe as well as basic English and math. Sail on a canoe: Have the ride of […]
1970s Majuro
A look back in time thanks to Eldred ‘Al’ Fewkes, who came to Majuro to give a helping hand to Pacific Industrial Inc. boss Jerry Kramer. The photographs from this era give you a sense of the era and how much things have changed today.
Copra Processing
It’s a hot, tiring job, but the making of copra is one of the few ways Marshallese on the outer islands can make money.
Won Hai Shien
A group of cruisers were lucky enough to have Won Hai Shien owner give us a cooking class on a Sunday, when usually it is closed. It was a great event and showcased her delicious cooking style.
Amelia Earhart in the Marshall Islands
This photograph found by former US Treasury Agent Les Kinney in the US national archives that gave new credence to a popular theory about the disappearance of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart has now been found to have been taken two years earlier, in 1935, and published in a book in 1936. Regardless of this, many […]
Muslims in the Marshalls
How Islam Is Gaining A Foothold In Micronesia A mosque and a Muslim congregation are flourishing in the Marshall Islands by demonstrating Islam is a force for good in the community. Joyia sees his community playing a healing role where Marshallese society is out of balance: drug and alcohol abuse, a breakdown in marriage and families, […]
Nauru Airlines
Nauru Airlines, formerly called Our Airline, flies once a week from Brisbane to Majuro. The flight leaves Thursday 8pm and stops in Nauru on the way. It arrives in Majuro about 8:30am. Nauru Airlines also flies to Majuro from Nadi, Fiji, once a week. It leaves Nadi each Friday morning. The flight takes seven hours […]
