We left Hawaii around 7am (which sounds early, but since we were kind-of still on Eastern Time Zone, we were up at 4:30am).
The Continental flight (which is a full size plane) flys from Honolulu to Majuro (the capital of the Marshall Islands), Kwajalein, Truck, Ponepei, some other island, then finally gets to Guam. Can you image flying to Guam? You have a 45 minute stop at 5 other islands!!!!! Although, the stop at Ponepei was cancelled, b/c a week ago a plane didn't take off properly and ended up 1/2 on the runway and 1/2 in the ocean. I guess after a week, it still hadn't been moved yet.
Jonathan made me laugh when he said, "oh, we stop at Majuro first? I can get something to eat!" Like there is a Starbucks or McDonalds. I was like, "ummmm ... it doesn't really work that way." How it does work is you get off the plane by walking down some stairs onto the runway, walk into a non-air conditioned holding room, and wait.
Finally, at 11:30am (the "next" day) we arrived at Kwajalein. Here are 2 arial photos. Notice the U shape, and the runway. You can also see about 8-10 other mini islands up near the top. All the Marshall Islands are made of coral, and they are all connected underwater by more coral.
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OMG, that is one landing I could not watch...wholly crap. Awesome shots though Amber....
It's so small, not much land there period. Crazy. I'd so love to see it in person, what a serious adventure just to get there though!
Landing in Cozumel or St. Thomas was like that, because you see the small island and the runway, holy smoly. BUT, both of those are much bigger islands.
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