Posted
on September 2, 2016
Apparently
Labor Day is a pretty big holiday in the Marshall Islands. Like
workers in other nations that celebrate Labor Day, Marshall Islands' laborers get to take a day off from their labor.
The
Republic of the Marshall Islands is one nation made up of 29 coral
atolls – which in turn are made up of – get this! – 1,156
individual islands and islets!!
The
thing about coral atolls out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean –
there aren't a whole lot of resources out there. There isn't a ton of
fertile land, and there aren't loads of gold and diamonds to mine or
rich fields of oil to pump.
So
what is it that the Marshallese labor over when they are working?
There
are small farms. In addition to growing their own food, farmers tend
to grow crops like coconuts, tomatoes, melons, and breadfruit.
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| Breadfruit (in case you were wondering) |
Fishing
is a big deal. And there is some industry processing fish.
There
is some tourism and also small-scale industry in what is basically
handicrafts...Some of which are sold to tourists.
There
has been experimentation on the use of coconut oil as an alternative
fuel for vehicles and power plants.
Apparently,
a lot of the economy is bound up with U.S. aid and rental fees from
the U.S. military – which has used and still uses Marshall Islands
islets for weapons testing!
What makes the Marshall Islands special? Check them out:
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| I can almost see what these islands are used as target practice... I mean, come on - they don't look anything like natural islands - they look much more like artificial targets! |
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| Apparently there are a lot of plane wrecks that actually make great dive spots! |
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| Even for South Sea Islands, the Marshall Islands are amazingly gorgeous! |
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And colorful: |
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| PURPLE! |
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| YELLOW! |
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| GREEN! |
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