The birth of..... the Kiribati Surfing Association!

I have been helping out with starting up a Surfing Association here in Kiribati.

There are lots of waves and lots of kids who would love to ride them.... but no surfboards. Usually they just grab a piece of wood or whatever they can find and get out there.

I even saw a young boy riding what looked like a piece of the bathroom wall from his parent's house (some wood with insulation on one side and bathroom tiles on the other!).

Hopefully the Association can bring in some equipment and get all the locals up and riding... there is a whole ocean of waves right on their doorstep just waiting for them.

There is a new website for it starting up here: http://kiribatisurfing.webnode.com/

Living in South Tarawa

Finding a peaceful place to stay in South Tarawa is tricky with 50,000 people crammed into such a small island...We were fortunate to find somewhere that you can relax and feel like you have escaped everything.

Since Tarawa is a very narrow coral atoll, most of the hotels are right next to the road which means the noise of the traffic (especially from the buses and their loud music) is constant. The Lagoon Breeze Lodge is quite far from the main road and is located in a quiet village. Highly recommended!

There is a website here with more info: http://lagoonbreeze.webnode.com/