Wednesday, January 22, 2014




Our trip to the Kwajalein Atoll to look into a couple of  Humanitarian Projects on the island of Ebeye Ebeye it is about 450 miles northwest of Majuro where we are staying now
 
 


 Sister Johnson took a picture of island and the runway just over the wing
 
 
Most the Kwajalein Atoll is a Military base and the airport is located on the base, to get Ebeye where we needed to go, we walked on the base to lagoon side and the pier where we could catch a ferry boat to the island of Ebeye
 
 

Look how the housing is layed out in neat rows on the base

 
 The island of Ebeye is 78 acres with over 10,000 residents  and is considered to be one of the most densely-populated places in the world.  It is such contrast to Miltary housing on island 5 miles away

 
With the base on 5 miles away they can get 5 tv channels, they don't have much to live in but look at all the tv antennas.  We were told that on this island people sleep in shifts becasue there not enough floor space in the houses for them to lay down at the same time. 
 

Looking up the street as we entered it from our hotel on the lagoon side of the island
 
The street on the ocean side of the island and the cars have to travel the same direction on the one road around the island.
 
Most of the people have to go to this one location on the island to get fresh water and it hauled to their houses most by bikes.
 
Look at the handle bars on this bike.
 
 


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