Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel
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Greasy brown bags!
Central market in Honiara is not one of the world's classic local markets. However, it afforded us a welcome distraction and our first opportunity to sample the classic Solomon dish of fish and sweet potato chips - easily identifiable with the green onion protruding from the top of the greasy brown paper bag that they were delivered in. However, …
Crossing the Equator
This incredibly long day is over, and there is so much to write that this entry will be an endeavor. Cassy gave me a ride to the airport at noon this morning, and my flight left Erie at 1:30PM and arrived in Cleveland at 2:15PM. My flight from Cleveland got delayed by thirty minutes, and I didn't arrive in Los Angeles until 7:30PM, local time. We …
Memorials and Memories
Today was the first actual day of our tour. We met John Innes at the hotel this morning around 8:00, when we were eating breakfast. After breakfast we boarded our buses and went to the American Memorial, the Japanese Memorial, Gifu and other memorials and sights. Gifu was the last holdout of the Japanese on this particular hill. One of the most …
Into the Jungle
I am writing this entry early today because lately I have been tired after our long day trips and have been less than willing to write a long journal entry.
Today we left the hotel around 9:15 because our buses were late. Our first stop was the former Matanikau Village, where a church stands today. An American patrol was killed here, and some …
Touching History
I awoke for breakfast at 6:30 this morning to find that the ferry boat we were supposed to take to Tulagi blew a motor, and was now stranded in the strait. Luckily John had a backup plan, which turned out to be incredible.
We left the hotel this morning around 9:00 and drove to Hill 66, another hill west of Mt. Austen. A marine unit was …
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