• @Obi@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    277 months ago

    Can confirm, I lived in the middle of it (Polynesia), first airports (Auckland and LA) were 6 and 8h flights away.

      • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        127 months ago

        It’s fine, it depends which island you go to, the big ones have supermarkets, restaurants, etc etc. You can eat almost anything but will pay a premium for stuff that gets imported by plane. If it’s one of the smaller/less populated ones then you need to get your groceries by the weekly plane delivery and otherwise a lot of coconut and fish.

    • @merc@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      57 months ago

      first airports (Auckland and LA) were 6 and 8h flights away

      It must have been a real pain in the ass catching those flights without an airport. Did people get shot out of a cannon and hope to grab onto the wing? Did their baggage also get cannoned?

      • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        57 months ago

        No no the flights are caught, but with giant butterfly nets, you have to jump on the back of the plane like it’s a rodeo and get in that way, it’s fine after the first couple times you get the hang of it.