Congratulations on hitting 197! That's an amazing achievement

Your account of drinking kava sounds like my efforts in Fiji many years ago. It's like drinking a muddy puddle that eventually makes your mouth go numb and your head a bit murky. Apparently the western parts of the Pacific (esp Vanuatu) have much stronger kava, ie ratio of inebriation to muddy water consumed is much higher.

Looking forward to your impressions of Nauru - what a place to finish! Try not to wind up in one of the Australian government's infamous detention camps...