More on the Solomons

The Solomon Islands are made up of 992 islands; about 300 or so are populated. The country became independent in 1978 but there have been bouts of unrest up until a couple of years ago so Australia maintains a large peace-keeping force to keep things quiet. Our troupe includes a Brit who is the manager of the Sydney office, a young Kiwi on a fixed-term Bank contract, an Aussie Executive Director, and a new External Relations officer from the Sydney office who happens to be an Aboriginal. The latter is particularly interesting since he was a well-known Australian TV and CNN newscaster and is recognized even here in the Solomons. We are escorted by a young Solomon Islander woman with a quasi-Bank connection -an office will be opening here in May. By the way, it was thought that King Solomon’s Mine was located here (hence the name). We did visit a gold mine so who knows.
PS- Looks nicer than it actually is.