Gizo Hotel
Gizo, Ghizo Island, Solomon Islands
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Cyclone Atu
Cyclone Atu appears to have moved away from Vanuatu at the last possible moment. However, the weekly Air Pacific flight we caught to Honiara last week has been cancelled. It would appear we left Vila at just the right time!
Here on Lola island our own little tropical depression continues. Heavy monsoon's during the night woke both of us but our ...
Our own little island
Lola Island in Vona Vona Lagoon is our hideaway for the next few days. As the only guests at the resort we have the entire island to ourselves.
Life here consists of swimming, kayaking and snorkelling. We soon see the 'local' Black Tip sharks. Swimming in the shallows they appear to be on beach patrol, making sure that our slice of paradise is not ...
A quiet Sunday
Leaving our island for the Gizo airport (another island!) our boat captain sets his lure for some early morning fishing action. Whilst we do not attract a bite this gentle fishing expedition is a pleasant way to pass time whilst we await our plane.
Solomon Airlines are renowed as being unreliable. This morning our plane arrives ...
Wall, wreck and manta diving
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It was our second, brief dive that took us to the shallow wreck of a World War II Hellcat. Having already passed 'Kennedy Island’ - where JFK aided his injured crew after his boat, the PT-109, was rammed by the Japanese Destroyer Amagiri during World War II – this plane wreck was remarkably well preserved. The story is told that the pilot had already been shot down three times when he was once again shot out of the ...
Fresh fruit and island exploration
... wreck of a transport vessel. As the vessel looms out of the darkness a certain eeriness descends. Whilst this wreck is no Titanic it is strange to see this manmade reef slowly being absorbed into the underwater landscape of the reef. Home now to a multicolored cornucopia of reef fish.
A brief boat ride takes up to the island of Gizo, with its provincial capital. Here the local market ...
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