Arno Atoll is one of 29 atolls of Marshall Islands. Beautiful lagoon is surrounded by small and some long and narrow green islands – motus covered by dense coconut palms and breadfruit forest. Di you try the baked breadfruit? – take your chance – it is important in local diet! I like it.
The longest motu on Arno is like 30 km long. I walked along the beach to the northern end. Then at the low tide you can cross the 200-m passage to the next motu, but take care – the high tide is coming fast – so you can be stranded there until the next low water!
To get to the other end of the long island I rented a little, open truck (there are only 3 of them on Arno). Yes, it must be a truck because there is no single kilometre of paved road – it is all 4WD, sand, rock and gravel…
We passed through many villages befere reaching Matolen on the eastern end of motu – round trip took me almost 5 hours. No shops on the way – if you are off the drinking water there are plenty of coconuts and friendly people offer them for free!
Enjoy!
In the late afternoon the boat arrived to take me back to Majuro -the sea was not so rough so I landed dry on the capital atoll…
