Solomon Islands - Sunbathing Here We Come!

How'd you like that Chadian re-broadcast? Pretty good, eh? Ellen spent a lot of the day switching between the four channels trying to find the most ridiculous music or talk. It seemed to be a four-way tie.

OK, let's pack our bags full of sunblock and snorkel gear and head over to Oceania and tune in to the Solomon Islands-ish! It's Friday, so let's make this one last the weekend!

pardon the fuzziness... but we had to blow it up to make it relevant.

Full disclosure, this station isn't actually out of the Solomon Islands. It was made by some lady that grew up there and writes cliché poetry about it. Here's a stanza just to give you a taste:

Now the waves on the shore

Don't seem the same any more

Their stories full of grief

Are filled with a warning

About global warming and its consequences

For our people on the reef.

Wow. Annnnnnny way...

 Folks have been on the Solomon Islands since about 30,000 BCE. Wow! Imagine being a primitive human crossing all that water on just a canoe. Dang... mad props. The Europeans showed up in the mid-1500's with a Spanish crew sailing out of Peru, but the British eventually ended up in control.

warriors from the 1890's

Before Europeans brought Christianity and colonization, the indigenous population was notorious for headhunting and cannibalism. Independence came along in 1970, but a civil war erupted in the late 90's, and tensions have sporadically fired up since then.

Today, we remember the Solomon Islands mainly as a hot-spot of WWII. The battle of Guadalcanal took place there, as well as JFK's infamous torpedo boat war heroics. We hear he kept that coconut paperweight.

mmmhmm. that is one handsome dead president.

We recognize that we didn't have a lot to say about the Solomon Islands, but give us a break. It's Friday and y'all probably have better things to than sit back and relax on the beaches of the South Pacific. Hope to see you there!

Pacific Islands Radio

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