181 Days

Rod woke me up at about 6am and i had a smoke with him and stef before i had to go to the airport. haha was quite funny cos stef was getting so irritated with all his silly lil comments to everything :p she's like me in the morning. . . A grumpy monkey, lol =D

I arrived at the airport in time and had to buy some Kahlua from a duty free shop for my aunt. i got two 750ml bottles that amounted to R700! i was quite shocked! when i boarded the planed i was seated in the second last isle. the engines started and we started our taxi to the runway. As you all know i hate flying (o_0) this lady seated behind me started screaming "stop the plane! STOP the plane! I wanna get off!" now I'm sure you can all imagine what this had done to me. I started freaking out like the plane was gonna crash or something! you don't even understand how many prayers i said in those few minutes before take off! my hands actually hurt from grasping the arm rests so hard! but the take off was smooth and there was actually nothing to be worried about.

After 4 or so hours of flying i landed in Honiara - Solomon Islands. i was ecstatic that i had finally reached my destination after 4 days of traveling! As i took my first step off the plane onto the tarmac i was blown away by the heat and humidity (33*c and 100% humidity)!! this definitely would take some getting used to! after going through customs i was met by my aunt (Yolande). I was really happy to see a face i knew after 4 whole days. we traveled along the only tared road to her home on the beach front :)

We crossed a river called the "Car Wash", its called that because in World War 2 the military tanks would drive into that river to be cleaned. it is still used today as a car wash, the locals drive there cars into the river and park. they use the water for washing and rinsing purposes.

 i spent the rest of the day unpacking and making myself at home.

The car wash with rusted parts in it (o_0)