VVIP welcome, Solomon Islands style

A local said: "If you came to our place in the old times you would have been killed and eaten straight away. But not today of course - the Tukawaka (welcome ceremony) is just to tell you that you are welcome here."

And what a welcome - it's like a scene from the movies - cannibals attacking the plane!



I can see coming some smart alec comment about the wife of a certain leader of a country who the Duchess had just visited being of a similar size to the wife of a dignitary standing nearby.