On Tuvalu, a nation of 10,000 people, there is one nightclub. Metangi Gali is an open air courtyard with high walls next to the airstrip. If it rains you get wet.
The music was deafening, and the fighting was scary. The locals though were friendly to strangers and would go out of their way to make you feel welcome. If you sat alone they would come and join you, and engage you in conversation. It was something I noticed time after time across the Pacific...
The memory of standing in a dark open air nightclub, listening to loud music and looking up at the brilliant stars in the sky, will stay with me for many years.
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