Solomon Islands Stories


Shark Alert!!

Within 3 days of being in India, we found ourselves on a beach on the Gold Coast of Oz. We were planning on going to one of the many South Pacific islands in our year out, so we hopped on the plane to Solomon Islands, near Papua New Guinea. We totally didn`t know what to expect. What would the people look like? How would they be with us? What else wo...


Adventure in Isabel

Isabel is one of the 9 provinces in Solomon Islands with approximate population of 20,000. During my 5-day stay in Buala, capital of the province, I had a chance to see the real situation in the Solomons. It was a shocking, but interesting and inspiring experience for me. I heard that flight schedule between the provinces are not reliable, but we too...


Weekend in Honiara

Over the weekend, I got a chance to walk around Honiara. I walked along the main street, taking pictures and doing some grocery shopping. Compared to Suva, Honiara is much smaller in scale and the variety of things you can find in shops is very limited. Now, I understand that Suva is actually a huge city in the South-Pacific standard. I’d have liked to ...


Arriving in Honiara, Solomon Is.

The flight arrived in Honiara 20 min later than the schedule. It was 1:20am, which is 2:20am in Fiji time. I was very tired and sleepy. The first thing I noticed was that the airport was so dark! Seems like they had some power problems. Because the immigration form wasn’t distributed in the airplane, everyone was struggling trying to find some light to ...