We have spent the last week in Munda, which is an island in the Western Province about 1 1/2 hours by boat from Gizo. Spent the week living in a hovel as the nice accomodation was full, we paid 4.90 a night for the both of us but it was only worth that - if you have seen the horror film Saw, thats what our bathroom looked like! Consequently we did not have a shower for the whole 5 days we were there (the only option was a bucket anyway) and kept ourselves clean ...

Well I have officially finished my elective! I got signed off this morning, and did my final ward round. Will is pleased that I have given some of my medical things away, making my bags a bit lighter now! I will also be leaving a lot of clothes behind as they are so dirty and smelly I don't think that they will ever recover. We have been on our own in Gizo since last weekend, as all the other medical students have left for other travels. I have enjoyed my last...

Well here we are in Gizo. It could be a completely different universe to Honiara. Its beautiful, this is what we came all this way for! Have had a brilliant week settling in, and recovering from the 13 hour boat trip. It was all going so well until the locals started being sick over the side and the wind was blowing in our direction.... Will's birthday was really good on monday, although he did overdo it just slightly, I won't go into details but it is ...

hello all, one final blog from honiara, its our last official day here and its another scorcher, just been for lunch, been out for meals lots in the last couple of days, which has been nice. got a farewell meal this evening at the hotel where the pool is and then we have to get up at about 5 o clock in the morning to get the boat to gizo, which is probably going to take about 12 or so hours.delightful.just found out that argentina beat france, so am naturally sto...

Just got back this morning from a trip to Maravaggi Beach Resort which is on Florida Island. Now that is more like what I was expecting the Solomon Islands to be (just like the above picture). It took two hours to get there in a 6-seater speedboat thing, spent most of the time with my eyes closed as sea water soaked us! Spent the afternoon snorkelling, seeing thousands of tropical fish (including Nemos) and swimming around the coral reefs. The food there was ...