Cluster · Honiara

Chinatown & Kukum road

Evening cluster: waterside cafés and food stalls along the Chinatown strip; take a car home after dark.

Not field-verified

28″ bags

painful

Time budget

90m

Rescue coverage

100% ≤7′

max p90 5.6′

Places

1 sleep area in reach

Rules in force · 6Broken pavements and heat

Solomon Islands ↗Many nationalities receive a visitor permit on arrival with an onward ticket, but rules vary: check Solomon Islands Immigration for your passport before booking.
Solomon Islands ↗Most land and reefs are under customary ownership: pay custom fees for visits, snorkelling or diving where asked, and ask before using a beach or taking photos.
Guadalcanal (Honiara) ↗In the wet season (Nov–Apr) rivers rise and roads flood: keep the day flexible.
Honiara ↗Broken pavements and heat: bags go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
Honiara ↗After dark, take a car door to door; do not walk between clusters.
Honiara ↗Honiara has seen civil unrest in the past: avoid crowds and demonstrations and check your own government's travel advice before you book.

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Bound and physics

The Chinatown shops and the Kukum road frontage (approximate box).

Slope: flat
Stairs: None
Shade: low
Surface: road edge, cracked pavement
Sleep here or visit: visit

Eat and drink here

Chinatown waterside food stalls

Walk-in fish, rice and noodles at waterside stalls and cafés; go at dusk, take a car home, carry small notes.

Rescue anchors

420 grid cells · 40 m

Green: rescue anchor (always). Amber: heat-only anchor. Red dots: grid cells more than 7 min (p90) from every valid anchor. North is up; not to scale for navigation.

A — Roadside shelter (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

B — Café, AC (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · ac · valid: always

C — Shop verandah (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

D — Corner store (field-verify)

food · ac · valid: always

E — Waterside bench (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

F — Food stalls (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · valid: always

always: 100% covered, max p90 5.6′, worst cell 5.6′ · heat: 100%

Nodes in this cluster

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Edges out

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To	How	p50	Climb
Point Cruz, Central Market & Mendana Avenue	Car west	~8 min	flat
National Museum & the US war memorial ridge	Car west	~12 min	flat

Sleep within reach

Chinatown and Kukum — 5–9 min

Red lines here

Do not walk between clusters after dark: book the ride back before you go out.

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.