Marshall Islands Vacations, Marshall Islands Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

The Marshall Islands are some of the most remote in the Pacific- the reason they were chosen for America's atomic testing in the 1950s. The capital Majuro has an international airport and modern facilities. It's actually a ring atoll consisting of tiny exposed islets connected by a road. Even the runway covers most of the width of the island.

Kwajalein is well populated, but is a military base and generally restricted. Other islands and atolls are less accessable, although regular dive tours are run to Bikini, home of the "atomic fleet", a lagoon full of wrecks sunk during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test in 1949. Bikini and Eniwetak still contain too much radiation for their populations to return, but are now safe for short term travel and diving.