Solomon Islands Encounters – A Window into the Past (Part 1)

Words & Images By Shane Boocock

Bouncing down the highway was an eye-opener, as Japanese made cars and trucks of every description and size jostled for space on the rough, pot-holed roads. Makeshift wooden or bamboo stalls with tin or tarpaulin-covered roofs sold plastic water bottles and shaved coconuts on both sides of the road, manned by barefoot or flip-flop wearing women and men. Welcome to Honiara…derived from one of the Guadalcanal languages, meaning ‘Place of the East Wind’. Click to read more