Last weekend I headed up to   Butaritari with the other kiwi volunteers- Cath, John & Frances. Unfortunately Roi, our Univol (university volunteer) had been flown to Fiji to see a specialist due to some health conditions that weren't responding to treatment and though was hoping to be back in time had not returned so missed out on the trip. Butaritari is another atoll, much like Tarawa and lies about ½ an hour flying time north of here. There are three flights a week: Sun, Tues, Friday so we booked the 9am Friday flight.  The flight was uneventful but the landing a little bumpy Only when we got off the plane onto the coral airstrip did I realise why. We collected our stuff from the plane- which was left by the plane’s cargo door for us. At the side of the runway was a decrepit old building that served as the domestic terminal and it was here that most locals waited for their relatives to get their gear, out of the heat of the sun. While at the far end of the ru...