In summary:
Majuro itself is a real “dung heap”, fortunately I was billeted on a luxury private island of which the less said the better if only because the previous residents just had a rather high profile wedding. The area also has the highest rate of syphilis in the world, so yes I stayed away from the ladies, and the mosquitoes were indeed a living nightmare, they even bit through a layer of Ultrathon. The DC3 is still in good condition, I was going to do some snorkelling but the lagoon got a bit choppy and I saw a couple of sharks so I settled for a couple of photos from the boat. The Chinese fishing fleet is still very much in residence and seems to be applying a vacuum to the ocean, there won’t be much left in a couple of years. But if tropical seclusion is your thing, the islands across the lagoon from the airport are incredible.