Kiribati rules time, time does not rule Kiribati....

    The reason for us visiting Tarawa was for the wedding of Paul and Taoata, they actually live on a much prettier island called Abaiang but Taoata's family live in Betio the main town on Tarawa.  This although extremely remote is not paradise, imagine walking along a beach covered in rubbish and the odd turd.  Do not expect any kind of punctuality, if a meeting time is given expect it to happen about an hour or 2 maybe later.

We arrived on the Friday before the wedding and after a long sleep from the early morning flight, visited a handicraft centre run by the nuns, and also went to meet Taoata's family to take their photo, who were at present all living in her mother's house consisting of 3 rooms.  There are too many people in Taoata's family to count, Paul and Taoata's bed consists of a raised plank in the corner of one room with a couple of pandanus laid on top at night.