Tag Archives: Kiribati

what’s your idea of paradise?

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Ages ago I used to work in London. I had a great marketing job, lovely flat and a company car. Then, out of the blue I got the chance to move to Tarawa, a tiny island in the middle of … Continue reading →

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If you got the chance to live on a South Sea Island of Romance, would you take it?

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Ever since I was small and read R L Stevenson’s Treasure Island I wanted to travel and get as far away from freezing cold, wet and windy, dull and dreich Edinburgh as possible. So, when I got the chance to … Continue reading →

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If you’d been adrift at sea for 106 days, what’s the first thing you’d ask for when rescued?

Posted on by Marianne Wheelaghan

As you may know, my new crime novel Food of Ghosts is set on Tarawa, the capital of the Republic of Kiribati. I lived on Tarawa for five years and fell in love with the island and the I-Kiribati people. Any news from the … Continue reading →

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