Tropical Tip of the Day

Leave your green pineapples on the plant until the bottoms are yellow-orange. Then you can pick them and hang them upside-down, so the sugars move to the top and it finishes ripening. Don't try to leave the pineapple on the plant until it ripens, or the rats get to it first! We learned this the hard way...

Kwadima II incident - Public Statement

On Monday February 3rd, 2015 the SIL vessel Kwadima II was overtaken in open water and boarded by pirates near Alotau. During the course of the attack, members of the passengers and crew sustained non-life threatening injuries. In addition some personal items along with translator’s notes were lost, some of the vessel’s electronics were damaged. The ship has since made it safely back to port where the passengers and crew received medical attention and returned home that night. SIL is cooperating with local authorities as this matter is investigated..