SOLOMON ISLANDS the wilderness lodge  8° 47´S ° 14´E

 

Biche

 

The boat trip to Biche - Matengele fortress site to the left of Mt Mariu summit (hidden in cloud)

 

 

Biche canoe landing in very calm weather

 

 

dugout paddle and powered canoes at the landing

 

 

the village with prehistoric stone terraces

 

 

shrine of the three great men

 

 

the headhunting raiding party oracle

 

 

labour bed in the old maternity ward

 

 

kastom stories in the forest above Biche

 

 

ancestral skulls

 

 

Biche children at the Biche river waterfall

 

 

Jamia waterfall

 

 

tame freshwater eels. - picture courtesy of Yvonne

 

tame eels feeding time

 

 

farewell story