Which are the best cruise ships for exploring the South Pacific Islands?

The islands of the South Pacific make for beautiful travel destinations, and the ability to cruise to them makes it so much easier to see them, or parts of them at least. Islands like Vanuatu’s Mystery Island and New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands can be very expensive and difficult to get to via any other mode … Read more

Checking Your Pre-Paid Mobile Phone Balance with Our Telekom in the Solomon Islands

The Rain Coming in from the ocean at Honiara

I spent ages hunting online for how to check my usage/remaining balanced with Our Telekom (Breeze) in the Solomon Islands, I couldn’t find anything anywhere though to tell me, and there wasn’t anything in the sim card pack I received either.

So for anyone else looking, I ended up calling their customer service number who told me how to check it.

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Mobile Phone Data Settings For Our Telekom / Breeze Mobile in the Solomon Islands

Sunset at Honiara

In most of the countries I have been to, my iPhone has automatically detected the carrier settings and configured itself for me. The Solomon Islands is to date the one exception. It worked fine for voice calls and text messages, but when it came to data usage, no go.

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