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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.

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

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.

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

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

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?

Great pics! Really does bring home the scale.

Here is a map for reference.

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?

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

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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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?

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

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.

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?

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 ...

Very interesting, ty for indulging me[:)]

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 ...

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

A stone marker in the middle of no where

History of what happened on Mt Austen