Inkqubo ye- Isiqithi saseSolomon , iArchipelago kwiPasifiki yoMzantsi, ayiyonto yabatyhafileyo. Yahlala phakathi kwePapua New Guinea neVanuatu, indawo eyayisakuba yithanga laseBritane yenziwa ziziqithi ezingama-992, nangona zili-147 kuphela zazo ezinabemi. Iindlela zihlala zingalungiswa, imozulu iyatshisa kwaye incangathi, kwaye isixeko esiphambili, iHoniara, asinazo iziseko zeendawo ezikufuphi zeetropiki ezinje ngeTahiti neFiji.

Oko kwathethi, kufanelekile ngokupheleleyo kuhambo, kuye nawuphina umntu onomdla wokuntywila kwinqanawa, utshintshiselwano ngeenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo, kunye nokunyuka okumangalisayo kweentaba-jungle ecaleni kwempompo yeenyawo ezingama-60. Kwaye ngelixa ingekho lula ukufikelela kuyo, ukucwangciswa okongezelelekileyo kuko konke okufunekayo. (Kuya kufuneka uqale ubhabhe uye kwiFiji okanye eBrisbane, zombini ezibonelela ngeenqwelo moya ngqo kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseHoniara, esihlala kwisiqithi esikhulu saseGuadalcanal.)

Eyona nto ibalaseleyo eSolomon Islands? Ayikhenkethi-ubuncinci, okwangoku. Funda ukuze ufumanise ukuba ucwangcisa njani iholide efanelekileyo apha.

Iimbali zembali yeMfazwe ziyayithanda apha.

Ukusuka kwindawo zokulahla ezele ngamatanki amadala kunye nemipu, ukuya kwiibhombu zamabhombu zaseJapan kunye nezinye iinqanawa ezifakwe emanzini, iiSolomon Islands ziqhayisa enye yezona zinto ziqokelelweyo zeMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi kuyo yonke iSouth Pacific. Ngapha koko, omnye walapha wakwazi ukuqokelela izinto ezaneleyo-iziqhushumbisi zezandla, ocelemba, iithegi zenja zaseJapan, kunye nezinye izinto ezingasekhoyo-ukuqala imyuziyam ye-World War II ngaphandle ikhaya lakhe .

Ngo-2017 kwaphawulwa isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-75 yedabi laseGuadalcanal kwiiSolomon Islands, ungquzulwano oloyikisayo nolunembali phakathi kwemikhosi yaseJapan neyase-US, ethe ekugqibeleni yavula indlela yokuphumelela i-US kunye neAllies. Kodwa uloyiso lweza ngexabiso eliphezulu: ngaphezulu kwama-6,000 amajoni abulawa esenzweni okanye alahleka elwandle.

Amagqala ebefuna ukubuyela apha emva kwayo yonke loo minyaka, kwaye baphumle iziporho zabo, utshilo uVicky Reynolds-Middagh, inkampani yakhe, Ukhenketho lweValor , ikhokelela ekuntywiliseleni, kuphandwe kakhulu kutyelelo kwiindawo zemfazwe eGuadalcanal nakwiziqithi ezikufutshane.

Phakathi kweendawo ezityelelwa ngamaqela kukho Isikhumbuzo saseMelika saseGuadalcanal , Ehleli phezulu ngaphezulu komzi-dolophu waseHoniara, ejonge ezantsi kwi-Iron Bottom Sound, apho iinqanawa zaseMelika nezaseJapan zatshona zihlala iinyawo ezingama-4,000 ngaphantsi komphezulu.