In July 1999 my father and I visited the Solomon Islands
and Tarawa Atoll, spending about five days in Honiara, five days
in Munda and two days on Tarawa. My father had served in the peacetime
Canadian forces in the late 50/60s and had obtained a degree in
military history. He had always wanted to visit the Pacific battle
sites and so the trip was the result of a few years of saving
up (Canada isn't exactly next door to the Solomons), and it took
us to Guadalcanal, with a flight up the "slot" to Munda, then
back to Honiara and on to Tarawa via Fiji before returning to
Canada.
As a visitor to your website, I greatly appreciate
the generosity of those who have shared their stories and photos
with the hundreds of internet visitors who would like to travel
to these locations but are unable to do so. I hope that
others will enjoy these photos as much as I have enjoyed looking
through the other images on your site.
