{"id":3893,"date":"2023-06-25T06:46:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T05:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/?p=3893"},"modified":"2023-07-14T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T09:24:36","slug":"to-north-tarawa-by-speed-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/06\/25\/to-north-tarawa-by-speed-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"To North Tarawa by Speed Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 25 it was time for us to leave the \u2018main land\u2019 of Kiribati and go from South Tarawa to North Tarawa. We were lucky enough to go by speed boat and have a scenic ride from shore to shore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/06\/25\/to-north-tarawa-by-speed-boat\/b2dd6d95-faea-48e5-8c14-132076bb674e\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"The Ball on speed boat to North Tarawa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3895\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-553x311.jpeg 553w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-240x135.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-618x348.jpeg 618w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/B2DD6D95-FAEA-48E5-8C14-132076BB674E-980x551.jpeg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When we arrived, we took a 40 min ride on a pick up through a bumpy road, accompanied by continuous rain. \u201cUsually it doesn\u2019t rain that much during this time\u201d, we were told.<\/p>\n<p>We were then welcomed in the main village of North Tarawa. 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