A friend sent me an email recently and asked if I was traveling to the Marshall Islands this year. No was my answer – but I said I’m headed back to Hawaii in May for a couple of weeks. Then I began thinking of Marshall and opened up my Super-sized World Atlas to look a little closer.

The Marshall Islands is unique because it’s one of only four totally Atoll Nations in the world. Basically that means islands are strewn over a wide area (of the Pacific). When I say wide area we’re talking an area covering 750,000 square miles of crystal clear Pacific Ocean. Can I get an “Ahhhh.”  If not, look at the photo and give me an ahh.