http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Solomon-Islands/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Solomon Islands en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:16:03 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:16:03 UTC Solomons chatterWell after getting home on Easter Sunday and then popping into reserves on Tuesday to see what time and where to parade it was mentioned that they needed a Transport Supervisor to go to the Solomons with them. Soooo within 2 days of being back in Australia plans were already underway for me to be off again within a week or two for four to five months. I got to stay in town fo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/blog-268189.html As I stand on the end of the dock in Seghe the most southern point on New Georgia Island with all my worldly posessions straped to my back I can feel hat all too familiar feeling ball up inside of my stomach. I recognize it instantly as a twinge of insecurity as I watch the Solomon Express slowly turn and with a belch of unhealthy black soot groan away from me. A desparate reapprasal of our http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/New-Georgia-Islands/blog-256908.html Saturday March 8 2008Today was a sea day as we are still enroute to Guadacanal. The lecture series has been very interesting as they do a very good job of summarizing the conflicts in this area and some of the early history of the area. They covered the Battle of Savo Island which I had not really heard about but was one of the biggest defeats for the US Navy in history. If you watch the old http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/Guadalcanal/blog-254694.html Sailed into the Slot and Iron Bottom Sound past Suva Island at dawn. Arrived at the Guadalcanal dock not to be confused in any way with a cruise ship terminal. The line handlers are bare footed There are towers of containers and a small gazebo type structure with a couple of hammocks and a small fire. My guess itrsquos for the night watchmen. The gangway presents a challenge and it is on http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/Guadalcanal/blog-254198.html Its Magic After staring clueless at a miniature sickle shaped blade for nearly 20 minutes my attorney has taken his life into his own hands and plunged the blade into a can of Solomon Island tuna. Food This act of courage has ended our current diet consisting of mainly bread and doxycycline. Ahhh protein Now that I have a full stomach and can think somewhat clearly again I have begun to re http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/New-Georgia-Islands/blog-249783.html Greetings from Dusty Honiara. Yes that is right I am in the Solomon Islands right now it is a beautiful day here sun is shining water is calm and I went diving and also had a nap today. Good day I think so So I think Irsquoll start back from the start of my little excursion to the Solomon Islands and catch yrsquoall up. So I left Rarotonga in the middle of the bloody night. Sally ca http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/Guadalcanal/blog-224422.html Hi everyone today I am writing from Honiara the capital of the soloman islands. Our crew just pulled in yesterday afternoon so we have had some time to explore town which only takes 15 or so min's in total and we have a few more hours in town before heading off to our next destination a desolate lagoon 80 miles away from where we are now. Scince i havent been able to find an avalible computer http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/blog-216436.html Before clearing Vanuaut we spent one extra day in Luganville. I was keen to scuba dive the Coolidge another time so myself and 3 others got up early and caught the morning session. This time the guide took us inside the wreck We went in a door at about 100ft down called Ewett's door supposedly the last place Mess Cpt. Ewett was seen as the liner sank. Dropping into the door veritcally was like http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Solomon-Islands/Guadalcanal/blog-216434.html