Travel in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands en-us-Solomon Islands.It is a state of Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal.A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strike near the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific on Monday with the potential to cause a local tsunami, seismologists said.

No tsunami alert was issued but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said quakes of this size could create local tsunamis "that can be destructive along coasts located within a few hundred kilometres of the earthquake epicentre."

Like much of the Pacific, the Solomons frequently experiences earthquakes.Gizo harbour lost most of it wharves and jetties in the quake and subsequent tsunami.Villages and resorts in Samoa, American Samoa and northern Tonga were flattened by the giant waves generated by the massive earthquake, the strongest in a nearly a century.

hill station shimla

At the Simla there was fairly inactive forest known as Shayamala, where as in local name it is called for Kali. In the year 1822 a Scottish civil servant Charles Kennedy come there and built a summer home in Simla. So many others people come to wait at the pleasant place to take pleasure in there holidays.

When the Kalka- Simla railway line was set up in the year 1903,Then Simla was become the popular hill station. This city was even briefly the capital of Punjab until the map was redrawn.

Took away along 12km road or track along a ridge, Shimla looks like a balanced on the edge of sliding into the valley. A deeply depressed line of snow covered tops, which is clearly visible form the month of April to June and again from October to November. Many people come for enjoy their honeymoon and for vacation purpose in the seasons of the snow falls.