This post is about Tuvalu. It is the first of nine posts about Tuvalu. I have visited and am writing about Tuvalu on and off since the mid-1990s.
Before the arrival of the tourism industry (and subsequently, the arrival of foreigners), Tuvalu was not very well known as a tourist destination. It is still not easy to visit. Visits to this remote and isolated nation can be difficult due in part to the lack of infrastructure and facilities. However, there are great things toThis post is about Tuvalu. Tuvalu is tiny, tiny, tiny. It’s over half the size of Texas. Its population is a little over 200 000 people. It’s basically a whole island of the Pacific, and the island of New Britain in the southern Pacific. Tuvalu is about 990km from the nearest landmass, the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Tuvalu is basically the only place left in the world that doesn’t rely on tourism to keep itThis post is about Tuvalu. Tuvalu has a distinct culture, language and history. Its people practice an ancestral form of Polynesian religion that is unique to the Pacific region. The island nation has a history of conflict with Western powers, and its current leader has made numerous anti-Western and anti-capitalist statements. Tuvalu was also a victim of a recent earthquake and tsunami. Its inhabitants fled to their neighbouring island of Nauru after the earthquake struck, but returned after the Nauruan government took them in
title: This post is about Tuvalu.
This post is about Tuvalu. It is the first of nine posts about Tuvalu. I have visited and am writing about Tuvalu on and off since the mid-1990s.
Before the arrival of the tourism industry (and subsequently, the arrival of foreigners), Tuvalu was not very well known as a tourist destination. It is still not easy to visit. Visits to this remote and isolated nation can be difficult due in part to the lack of infrastructure and facilities. However, there are great things toThis post is about Tuvalu. Tuvalu is tiny, tiny, tiny. It’s over half the size of Texas. Its population is a little over 200 000 people. It’s basically a whole island of the Pacific, and the island of New Britain in the southern Pacific. Tuvalu is about 990km from the nearest landmass, the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Tuvalu is basically the only place left in the world that doesn’t rely on tourism to keep itThis post is about Tuvalu. Tuvalu has a distinct culture, language and history. Its people practice an ancestral form of Polynesian religion that is unique to the Pacific region. The island nation has a history of conflict with Western powers, and its current leader has made numerous anti-Western and anti-capitalist statements. Tuvalu was also a victim of a recent earthquake and tsunami. Its inhabitants fled to their neighbouring island of Nauru after the earthquake struck, but returned after the Nauruan government took them in