Wednesday 17th October.

55 Days to go.

Well, an interesting day at work today. I think I have got to the bottom of the problem at work. Now all I have to do is find a solution and start to apply it. Easy! NOT!

More excitement in the Solomons today. It it is not Politics it is something else. The Government has approved the export of live dolphins.

So I went down to have a look at the process at the airport. First time, nothing to see other than 2 Emirates Airbus 310 - 400F freighters. SO returned to the office.

Went back a little later and everything was happenning. I have never seen so many people standing around an aircraft, not only the press or the handlers, people came from everywhere. They were standing under the wings and leaning on the undercarriage. The crew of one aircraft were a bit nervous about it. Tweety told them it was quite normal here and they relaxed a little.

They were flying from Honiara to Singapore then Dubai. The Dolphins were then to be transported by road to Sharjah. It probably cost about 5 million US for the exercise.

Anyway Baby Nemo and Guru came down for a look too. The US Team who were handling the Dolphins on the aircraft were very impressive. I think they were concerned about the Dolphins and were doing everything they could to make sure they were OK. Whether you agree or disagree with the export, they were treated well by these people.