Honiara Hotel

PO Box 4 Honiara, Solomon Islands

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Solomon Islands - scratched off the list!

A travel blog entry by wanderingdivers

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After spending 6 weeks in the Solomons Islands, we weren't sure whether we were excited or not to return to New Zealand. We had left during the onslaught of winter – as drastic a winter as you can get on the top of the south island. It was the perfect time to get away.

Sarah`s dad told us he knew we`d gone but he didn`t know why the hell we went...in case no one else knows, two friends we met in Vanuatu run a live aboard ...

Greasy brown bags!

A travel blog entry by jamesh1066

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... the edgy of a rocky beach, sea spray would often fall on our dining table. Service is slow as everything is cooked fresh to order. However, as we are now on Solomon Time we had no need to rush!
Once again dinner at the Yacht Club was very much an expat affair. However, with half price beers, excellent spring rolls and island dancing and singing it was a fun evening.
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Memorials and Relics

A travel blog entry by stevie1944

... at the memorial. After the ceremony I went across the street to the Vouza memorial to take pictures of the statue there. From there we went to the memorial gardens located near the airport. Here individuals can plant trees in remembrance of someone. Next we went to Red Beach, where the Marines landed on Guadalcanal on August 7th. next we went to the Amtrack dump, where over 100 ...

Day of Remembrance

A travel blog entry by stevie1944

... spoke the bishop of Guadalcanal gave the convocation and the band, made up of Royal Solomon Island Police, played both the American and Solomon Island national anthems. Following the bishop was Paul Berg, deputy minister working at the embassy in Port Moresby. These remarks were followed by a wreath laying ceremony, where representatives from many countries laid wreaths at the memorial. Among those laying wreaths were Bruno's son, ...

Touching History

A travel blog entry by stevie1944

... was a shack the owner shared with four pigs, and it smelled really bad.
After leaving Hill 66 we went o the ravine where Chesty Puller's marines massacred 960 Japanese soldiers caught by surprise while filling their canteens. After here we continued to drive up the coastline, stopping at a beach to eat lunch. The beach had the wreck of a Japanese transport ship offshore on about 25 feet of water. Apparently ...

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