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In Honiara, one of our favourite cultural practices is the vehicle sticker. No vehicle here is complete without its own gawdy sticker and the bigger the better. (Click image to revel in full-sized glory).
It doesn’t matter if you have a car, taxi, bus, or truck, naming your vehicle is…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Before coming to the Solomon Islands, the longest distance Nid had ever ran in a single stint was 2 km, which would have to…
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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…
Kia ora. We are Dan and Nid. Exploring the Solomon Islands for the next two years.
Dakini Tangarareh
If you visited Solomon Islands in 2017 you would have heard...
Slippery Cabbage and Coco...
Slippery cabbage is, so far, the closest thing we've fou...
Lunching at Local Kai Bar...
My office doesn’t have a fridge or a microwave, and homemade...
How to Get a Solomon Isla...
Anyone who knows me knows that I hate driving. In fact, I w...
Betel nut, betel nut, bet...
The betel nut is a small nut that is chewed for its euph...
Welcome to Nugu Beach Res...
Nugu Beach Resort is a bungalow resort set on a postcard-pe...
Turtling in the Arnavon I...
Hawksbill turtles are one of the most critically endangered...
Hiking Tenaru Falls
So far we’ve been pretty lucky in terms of organising weeken...
Journey to the West: The...
While Nid was in Auki last weekend for a week-long business...
Baywatch: Simon
A dug-out canoe comes towards us with a tall, lanky man and...
