SOLOMON ISLANDS:  Honiara, Guadalcanal

Although Honiara, the capital of Solomons Islands, is located on Guadalcanal and is populated by people from all over the country, the majority of the town's residents come from Malaita Island. This fact helped perpetrate the two-year conflict (1998-2000), and led to the subsequent evacuations of non-Guadalcanal people back to their home islands. Life in Honiara is returning to normal, although the economy is deteriorating still and medical services have yet to be brought up to standard. The Malaitan residents of Honiara have returned, and now with the presence of the Australian RAMSI forces, life is slowly returning to normal

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The old Central Market and the no spitting sign		Kastom shell money belts, Central Market		Honiara Hotel, Chinatown, as seen from the deck of a ferry
Mataniko River in Chinatown	Overlooking Chinatown	The old Hapai shop, Chinatown		Bathroom instructional poster,  Central Hospital
Keep Honiara beautiful	Crowds waiting for an inter-island ferry,  Pt. Cruz docks	MV Baruku, an inter-island ferry		A WWII leftover
Impromptu roadside market, White River	Take-away, White River	Malaitan pan pipers at a local concert		A tamare group at the concert
Mataniko River at Vara Creek	Dugout full of pikinini, Vara Creek	Ready to swim, Vara Creek		Vara Creek blonde
Local car wash, Lunga River near Burns Creek

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