First Impressions of Honiara: Pothole City
Having travelled around a lot during my life, but never in the Pacific, I had no idea what to anticipate. With such little information on the internet about the Solomon Islands, it felt like I was just diving in head first, unprepared. My first impression of Honiara was “Oh! So this is what everyone was talking about”. It really had all the components people warned me about. Hot, dusty and nothing about city is the tropical paradise you may think it will look like from Google images. What you see on the internet about Solomon Islands is Western Province, or just anywhere but Honiara. Heat The heat wasn’t so surprising, it's your standard island heat that you find in other hot countries like Indonesia and Singapore. I must admit, the lack of ventilation in a lot of stores though - that gets me every time. Some stores have fans, some don’t. Sometimes it feels like it makes all the difference, other times it doesn’t matter because you are already drenched in sweat! Dus...