“He’s the one who likes to shoot his guns” – Kurt Cobain. “With their tanks and their bombs and their guns. They are fighting” – Dolores O’Riordan. “Slip inside the eye of your mind” – Noel Gallagher. Nauru has beautiful coastlines, staggering views, classic beaches and wild ocean waves. It’s a Pacific Islands country full…
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While Yaren might feel like the real capital city of Nauru, nearby Aiwo stakes a claim for the country’s busiest “city”. Well it’s nothing more than a village of course, yet at the same time it’s a hub of activity and also the name of the Province. This is basically as busy as it gets…
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“Here is a sunrise, ain’t that enough?” – Teenage Fanclub. A bar that never opens yet pretends it does, a sh*t AFL pitch and a church with broken windows. Yes these were the highlights from whackpacking through Meneng Province in Nauru. Nauru as an island and country is split into 14 provinces. Meneng is the…
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“Walking round the room singing stormy weather at 57 Mount Pleasant Street” – Neil Finn. Nauru is a real enigma for your travelling mindset. It’s a country that was once known as Pleasant Island, and indeed as a child growing up in Northern Ireland, I knew it as such, as it had that moniker in…
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Nauru as an island and country is split into 14 provinces but is not as remote and isolated as you might have been told – in fact it’s the hub for some Pacific Island hopping. Anibare is the largest province in area, and as well as being the name of the province is also the…
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The Anetan province in Nauru reminded me of my life back in Poland and my wonderful friend Aneta so I dedicate this post and that province to Aneta, often cutely called Ania. You see, Nauru as an island and country is split into 14 provinces and it has 19 villages and Anetan is one such.…
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“You’re turning every modern theory on its head” – Gryff Rhys. Nauru is a real enigma for your travelling mindset. Before arriving here, you hear all sorts of fake stories about how it is the most remote island in the world, it’s the most isolated country in the world, it’s difficult to get to, the…
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Nauru as an island and country is split into 14 provinces and it has 19 villages. Ronave is a village and settlement in the province of Ewa and is basically a large complex that acts as a place to buy everything you need all in the same place!! On an island such as this, Ronave…
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Nauru as an island and country is split into 14 provinces and it has 19 villages. Boe is the smallest province in the country and sits sandwiched in between two bigger and more boisterous provinces – Yaren and Aiwo. But here, Boe boasted seven main sights so I felt I’d compile them onto one of…
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Ewa province in Nauru had me remembering my wonderful life in Poland due to the name – I met quite a few ladies called Ewa in Poland, pronounced “Eva” and this place had a beauty to mirror those girls. Two Ewas that stood out were the lovely Ewa Pykosz who backpacked with me in Azerbaijan…
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