Concerning Fern

Fern is sold by the bunches at the market and most commonly transformed into Fern Salad. So common, we’ve never seen it served in…

How to Import a Car to the Solomon Islands

We threw the towel in, sold our old hunk of junk and imported a new car. Worth it? Completely.

Cars that come to Honiara have…

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…

Visiting Vilu

Vilu War Museum is an open-air museum displaying one of the biggest collections of World War II artefacts in Solomon Islands. These artefacts, mostly…

Trying Tri Club

Before coming to the Solomon Islands, the longest distance Nid had ever ran in a single stint was 2 km, which would have to…

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…

View from Visale

Visale is a great day trip out of Honiara. A nice spot for snorkeling, picnicking, camping and climbing up.

Koli Point Action

We recently discovered yet another cool World War II site in Guadalcanal, this time by pure chance.

During the recent Melanesian Art Festival, we met…

Turtling in the Arnavon Islands

Hawksbill turtles are one of the most critically endangered sea turtles in the world. We went to one of the few places where they…