Solomon Time is a 2002 travel book by English writer Will Randall, subtitled Adventures in the South Pacific.
The book is based on the memoirs of the author with an ironic sense of humour who emigrated to the South Pacific Islands from England, quoting "If you're not married by the age of 32, you should grab the first person that walks past or give up and go abroad.
The book is an account of his time in the Solomon Islands living in the village of Mendali encountering sharks, shipwrecks and mosquitos.
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