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Well Nauru is not really somewhere I would suggest you go, unless you are from there or you work there!
However if you were using Air Nauru to get around the Pacific in the 90s you would probably end up spending a night or two there. I spent 3 days there in 1996 and for 2 days there was no beer, I'd run out of books (no book shop) and the hotel swimming pool was closed. There was no real public transport, about 1.5 TV channels, lots of Landrovers and the cheapest cigarettes I've ever found. What is going to happen now the phosphate is running out?

Page updated 04/09/2001 with added photos due to increased interest in Nauru.

Pictures of Nauru taken December 1996© Rik Royall
Cantilever Loaders Nauru	Cantilever Loaders Nauru	How cargo gets ashore	after phosphate mining	after phosphate mining
after phosphate mining	Beach at Nauru with coral pillars	Beach at Nauru with coral pillars	Menen Hotel Nauru from beach	Nauru beach scene
	Nauru beach scene with frigate bird	Captive Frigate Bird	Surf late afternoon Nauru

The best guide books I found for the South Pacific were Moon Publications South Pacific Handbook, and their Micronesia Handbook.

South Pacific Handbook front cover and Amazon link.

Micronesia Handbook frontcover and Amazon link