I arrived at Henderson Airport from Brisbane at 1.35 a.m. at the new terminal building , which opened last August.

I got to the King Solomon Hotel on Hill 83 (Site of a battle on September 27, 1942) at 2.40 a.m., at which point I realised that I had left the keys to one of my bag padlocks at home.

Luckily I was able to open it with a pair of pliers from my other bag. I finally got to bed about 3.00 a.m.