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We had an early start from Vanuatu this morning in order to catch a flight to the next country in our worldwide journey, the Solomon Islands.
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On our way into Honiara, the capital, we flew over many of the islands that make up the Solomon Islands...
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We are greeted by the aiport by Joe Billy Oge (pictured), Chief Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Scouts Association, and Elvis Kikolo, the Education Inspector for the Honiara City Council.
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We were also joined by Glins Clay, the Chief Peace and Reconciliation Officer for the Honiara City Council.
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And then it is straight on to our first school, Bunscreek SDA, where we had an audience of over 600 students waiting for us!
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The principal and our three new friends introduced the runners, before Amalendu gave a presentation about the Run.
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Elvis (pictured left) really enjoyed the school ceremony! Here he is with Amalendu and the school Principal, whom we are very grateful to for hosting our visit.
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Some of the heaviest fighting in World War II was done in the Solomon Islands, and there are reminders of that everywhere.
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Our next stop was at the Department of Foreign Affairs, where we paid a courtesy call to Undikolo Pebolele Jnr.
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...where we had a meeting to plan out our busy schedule for the next days. Joe and Elvis - our new team members - are very happy with their Peace Run T-shirts! Now Elvis is visiting the schools for the forthcoming few days to organise things; he says that because he is the schools inspector, they will be a little nervous to see him, but they will be very happy that he is just there to talk about Peace!