January 12, 2016
The Solomon Islands was the setting for the most prolonged military campaign in the Pacific theatre of World War II. The campaign ran for over six […]
January 1, 2016
November saw the 52nd anniversary of the assassination, in 1963, of US president John F. Kennedy. Twenty years earlier, Kennedy, then a US Navy lieutenant, was […]
November 8, 2015
Tourism is in its infancy in the Solomons, which makes it the perfect time to see islanders’ traditional life. It’s like taking a step back in […]
September 1, 2015
Attracting about 25,000 visitors per year – which to put in perspective is a busy week for Fiji – the Solomon Islands is a destination with […]
July 1, 2015
Raising the ghostly sepia image to the sky, I attempt to line up the photo’s faded horizon line with that of the tree-lined landscape before me. […]
March 1, 2015
“Today we’re going to Skull Island,” said my host. Frankly, it didn’t mean anything and I wondered if, like Fiji’s Heart Island, it was named for […]
May 1, 2014
The Solomon Islands is an untapped resource for those wanting to escape the tourist route and create their own adventure. Reminiscent of what nearby Fiji may […]