Gizo Hotel

Nach eineinhalb Stunden Flug üb**<br>mindestens 50 klein**e und gröss**e Inseln senkte sich die Nase des<br>zweimotorigen Propell**flugzeugs und setzte wenige Minuten spät**<br>auf d** holprigen Stein- und Graspiste auf und stoppte vor dem<br>kleinen Flughafengebäude, welches eh** einem Bushaltestellenhäuschen<br>glich. D** Flugplatz von Gizo liegt auf ein** kleinen Insel, etwa<br>10min Bootsfahrt von d** zweitgrössten Stadt d** Salomonen Inseln<br>entf**nt. Eine Insel nur für einen ...

... out the bottom of this "pool" doesn't really exist. We went down about 30m before it bottomed out and became a narrow passage way that popped out into the sea. The blue color of the water as I was coming out of the cave was stunning! Like nothing I have ever seen before, something to remember for sure!! I had a day to visit some local sights. Started with skull island. This is a tiny ...

... stars that night were breathtaking!! We got up bright and early the next morning to get to the summit before it got cloudy. There were some beautiful views along the way of Gizo and the surrounding islands. I was a bit disappointed at the top, no panoramic view as we were still below the tree line. The climb was made more challenging by landslides and massive uprooted trees from the earthquake. The downhill was not ...

Arriving in the islands, the approach was beautiful, beat this navy pilots... I usually arrive with just a general idea of what I will do, where I will stay, but nothing firm. When I stepped off the plane in Gizo I thought this might backfire on me. The airport is not on the main island. You have to balance on all that remains of a pier to get to the boats that take you to the main island. Of course I had nothing pre-arranged and was beginning ...

It was a 2 day sail from PNG to the island of Gizo in the Solomon islands. Gizo was the first place we had been to with phones and even an Internet cafe. Still it was a one street town and wouldn't hold your interest for very long. I did get to play some volleyball there and even go try out the surf. We stayed there about 2 days and then went on to 4 other islands in the solomons to do as much ...