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What Is It About Chuuk?

What Is It About Chuuk?

What is it about the place? I ask myself this every time I visit Chuuk. We get into the rented car at the airport and make our way down to the boat pool on Weno at the usual speed of about 3 mph. Some of the downtown area is paved, while in other places the potholes are even deeper than I had remembered. Regardless, the long line of cars seems to crawl along at the same speed. It’s a challenge for those on foot to cross the street as they look for a little space between the tightly packed vehicles, but somehow they make it across safely. Some things never change, as the axiom goes. The condition of the road and the traffic are a case in point.

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