Kwaio Krismas

Two days before Christmas we were at the domestic airport with our frens Ben and Barbara, and Ben’s parents, waiting for our flight to…

Pimp your Ride

 In Honiara, one of our favourite cultural practices is the vehicle sticker. No vehicle here is complete without its own gawdy sticker and the…

There’s always money in the banana stand

Solomon Islands boasts some of the most delicious bananas we’ve ever eaten and there are over 200 varieties to try. Coming from a country…

Aunties discover a new way to use sanitary pads (and you won’t believe what happens next!)

Apostolic Jerusalem Anointing Oil, step aside. There’s a new kid on the block.

We were at the market this morning looking for coconut oil when…

Pack list for the Sollies

Moving to the Solomon Islands and wondering what to pack? Now that we’ve been here for a year we feel like we can pass…

Tulagi Memories

I spent my first year in Honiara, my second in New Zealand, and my third on a random island called Tulagi where Dad had…

Where’s my house again?

The problem with street signs in the Solomon Islands is that there aren’t any.

Ok, that may be exaggerating – there are at least…

Dan and Nid move house

We’ve moved house and we love it.

Our house is purple. PURPLE! We’re closer to town, our work commute is only ten minutes not thirty,…

Dakini Tangarareh

If you visited Solomon Islands in 2017 you would have heard Jaro Local’s Dakini Tangarareh blaring back to back from every shop in town….

New Year Resolutions

We’re back! And what better way to start off the year than with some New Years resolutions. Yeah, we know it’s the end of…