Trip to Guadalcanal

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:22 am

Don't understand why the local Japanese Consulate doesn't come up and paint or something but they don't. Savo Island is just off screen to the right.

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:24 am

View looking out from Memorial. Almost every where we went, there was Savo Island!

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:29 am

From Memorial, looking NE I think. Small clearing slightly right is Henderson with Bloody Ridge visible before it to the right. Clouds not helping me as I am shooting into the sun.

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:30 am

from Memorial, 300mm lense shot and Henderson with some ridges in forground. Bloody Ridge off screen to right.

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:35 am

From Japanese Memorial, looking Westerly up Mount Austen at road we are getting ready to take.

Brady · Post by **Brady** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:36 am

Was it as hot as it looks in the pictures, they seam very "Atmosphirc", that is the air seams apricably thick.

What is the ecenomy based on?, you mentioned poverty is very prevelent their, I was woundering what they live on?

Cap Mandrake · Post by **Cap Mandrake** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:37 am

Great pics! Really does bring home the scale.

Here is a map for reference.

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:42 am

Yes, it was 90+ and very humid. After driving a ways up the Mountain, John and I went for a very long hike.

Not real sure about the economy. There were a lot of shops selling stuff, food places, it all looked somewhat primative. Much of the population does not have work so I'm not sure how they make it?

ORIGINAL: Brady

Was it as hot as it looks in the pictures, they seam very "Atmosphirc", that is the air seams apricably thick.

What is the ecenomy based on?, you mentioned poverty is very prevelent their, I was woundering what they live on?

Cap Mandrake · Post by **Cap Mandrake** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:43 am

And more to the East,,,Henderson and Bloody Ridge..Hope that's OK Mark VII..dont mean to hijack your nice thread [:)]

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:45 am

Cap, I love your maps in your AAR, by the way, great AAR!!! Where do you find those maps, in color???

edit; don't mind your maps at all....terry

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Great pics! Really does bring home the scale.

Here is a map for reference.

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Brady · Post by **Brady** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:47 am

Interesting, I asume forgine ownership is alowed, of realestate?

It does kinda look sparsly populated, are their other towns on the island, or would villages be a more corect term?

Cap Mandrake · Post by **Cap Mandrake** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:53 am

Check this out...destroyed Jap tanks at the mouth of the Matanikau...must be just off screen to the left of your pic.

Nice Web source on Guadalcanal:

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/US ... canal.html

Sharkosaurus rex · Post by **Sharkosaurus rex** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:56 am

Thank you for sharing your photos and holiday highlights. Certainly an exciting time. Your experience with the camera is also very clear. You have the envy of the forum.

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:59 am

The Capital of Honeria was overrun with people. Apparently after the ethnic tensions, many people moved from the countryside into the city.

Photo is taken from the American Memorial looking Southerly I think to the Galloping Horse and Sea Horse ridges. You would see a scattering of houses in most directions.

Foreign investment/ownership is encouraged. Of all nations, there is heavy Japanese investment and grants but that depends on how much the Solomon Government allows the Japanese to Whale in Solomon Islands waters.

ORIGINAL: Brady

Interesting, I asume forgine ownership is alowed, of realestate?

It does kinda look sparsly populated, are their other towns on the island, or would villages be a more corect term?

jwilkerson · Post by **jwilkerson** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:01 am

ORIGINAL: Brady

Was it as hot as it looks in the pictures, they seam very "Atmosphirc", that is the air seams apricably thick.

What is the ecenomy based on?, you mentioned poverty is very prevelent their, I was woundering what they live on?

And I still want to know why they can't grow Rubber ... USA would pay for Rubber ... we still import from Malaya ...

Brady · Post by **Brady** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:05 am

Very interesting, ty for indulging me[:)]

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:10 am

I can't answer your question but I found some thing on a web site that may help.

Economy
The bulk of the population depends on agriculture, fishing, and forestry for at least part of their livelihood. Most manufactured goods and petroleum products must be imported. The islands are rich in undeveloped mineral resources such as lead, zinc, nickel, and gold. However, severe ethnic violence, the closing of key business enterprises, and an empty government treasury have led to serious economic disarray, indeed near collapse. Tanker deliveries of crucial fuel supplies (including those for electrical generation) have become sporadic due to the government's inability to pay and attacks against ships. Telecommunications are threatened by the nonpayment of bills and by the lack of technical and maintenance staff many of whom have left the country. The disintegration of law and order left the economy in tatters by mid-2003, and on 24 July 2003 more than 2000 Australian soldiers entered the Solomon Islands to restore order and to facilitate the restoration of basic services.

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

ORIGINAL: Brady

Was it as hot as it looks in the pictures, they seam very "Atmosphirc", that is the air seams apricably thick.

What is the ecenomy based on?, you mentioned poverty is very prevelent their, I was woundering what they live on?

And I still want to know why they can't grow Rubber ... USA would pay for Rubber ... we still import from Malaya ...

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:15 am

Following my guide John Warden after we were forced to abandon the car. Walk 1/4 mile up this muddy washed out dirt road.

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:17 am

A stone marker in the middle of no where

Mark VII · Post by **Mark VII** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:18 am

History of what happened on Mt Austen

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