Another beach holiday

I’m almost ashamed to admit that we’ve blown our travel budget for the next two years by booking a fourth vacation. We’re off to the Solomon Islands in July. However, in my defence, this is our annual “beach vacation”. Garry and I recently agreed we’d try to book one major overseas holiday each year, plus a second cheaper beach vacation. This includes ticking off more Pacific Islands, including Palau, Kiribati and Tuvalu.

We’re off to spend ten nights hanging out at Fatboys Resort on a tiny island off the coast of Gizo. The resort is rather basic, with only a handful of rooms. We’ve booked a “couple’s bungalows” that sit on the water’s edge. There’s not much to do other than swim, snorkel and unwind. The resort does offer day tours to neighbouring islands or the local village.

We’ve also booked four nights in Honiara, the nation’s capital. Here we’ll explore some of its World War II heritage. Honiara sits on the island of Guadalcanal, one of the war’s decisive battlegrounds in the Pacific. I’m also hoping to book us on a day trip to Roderick Bay on the neighbouring island of Nggela Sule. This is the final resting place of the wrecked 87-metre-long World Discoverer cruise ship. I’ve seen images of it online. As you can see above, it looks incredible.

I’ve agreed to restrain my travel planning impulses for a few months. Although I note for the record that Garry isn't exactly protesting about any of the holidays I’ve booked so far.