Solomon Islands

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the Solomon Islands

 

 

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the flag

 

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the Parliament Building

 

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Honiara, located on the island of Guadalcanal is the capital of the country

 

Office of the Prime Minister

 

Government Ministries

 

the High Court

 

Office of the American Peace Corp volunteers

 

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Quonset hut remnant of World War II

 

 

war relicts

 

Solomon's style building as the War Museum

 

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memorial to American soldiers

 

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monument at Bloody Ridge

 (Bloody Ridge was one of the first battles.
The United States occupied the island August 7, 1942.
The Japanese attacked Marines defending Henderson Field the night of September 12, 1942.
Guadalcanal wasn't really controlled until February, 1943,
when the US Army took over from US Marines who'd been fighting for six months without relief.)

 

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remnant of the control tower at Henderson Field

 

the new terminal at the same Henderson Field

 

Sweetie Kwan Wing general merchandise

 

boat beach

 

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Micronesian inhabitants
(the population is 94.2 % Melanesian, with 3.8 % Polynesian)
(There are about 4000 Micronesians, from Kiribati, which live around Red Beach or White River village)

 

the Lagoon

 

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dance night at the Mendana Hotel

 

 

 

the Cultural Centre

 

the Museum

 

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belt made of bird feathers used as "bride price"
(from Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii)

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Life in the Countryside

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solomon's style side rigger canoes

 

self appointed road improvement crew
(and then collected on the spot "Road Taxes")

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Monument to the U. S. Marines

 

 

CCC Boys who served

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Samoa

 

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Tinian

 

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Tonga

 

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Truk

 

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Solomon Islands

 

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Flores

 

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The Indonesian Island of Java

 

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The Indonesian Island of Komodo

 

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