Luganville, Vanuatu Travel Blogs

Boy Meets Ground
Jun 19, 2006

... what I was doing. It made me self conscious so I hid in my room until a guy checked in and told me he'd seen me in Luganville watching a show in the park. So I escaped to Erakor Island for the day and lay on the beach in the rain. I hadn't seen any ...

Namba Wan Drink Blong Yumi
Jun 12, 2006 (4 photos)

... 'blongs' and 'gudfalas'. Most conversations end with me saying "Mi no save. Tata!" I caught a 12 hour boat up to Luganville on the island of Santo, where I've been couchsurfing with a Kiwi girl who's been a volunteer teacher trainer here for the last ...

Finally in Santo
Jun 27, 2007 (14 photos)

Well I finally made it to Santo a little wiser. Lessons learned--reconfirm flights the day before (should have known better) and always pack the bathing suit in the carry on (what was I thinking?!?!). I managed to pick up the bare essentials (toothbrush ...

Ups and Downs...
Jul 8, 2009

... one door shuts, another opens". How true that can be. I only decided to go to the chain of islands making up Vanuatu when I found out my sailing trip was cancelled, and it has provided some of the best experiences of my trip so far! This leg of ...

Espiritu Santo
Jul 9, 2006 (5 photos)

Hey guys! I already arrived in Luganaille (also called Santo) on the Island Espiritu Santo. It's pretty nice here and right now I am enjoying my last day in a proper civilasation! Tomorow we are heading into the bush to visit some antives and stay in ...

Happy Halloween
Oct 31, 2008 (17 photos)

... fighting in the South Pacific. At the time of the war the US set up several ocean mine in the water in Luganville, Santo; a northern island in Vanuatu. There was only one entrance that did not have mines but the Captain of the ship decided to go to the ...

What a wreck!
Aug 16, 2008 (10 photos)

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Million Dollar Point and a Custom Village
Aug 14, 2006 (5 photos)

... Australians in general. They felt the Aussies took advantage of them in business, and didn't play by the local rules. Back in Luganville, Tom took us around to see the old French-built hospital and the new hospital built with some foreign aid. We saw ...

On to Espiritu Santo Island
Aug 12, 2006 (1 photos)

... of carrying 1000 passengers in luxury, it carried 5000 marines packed like sardines. In 1942 as it entered the waters off Luganville, due to a communications snafu, it hit two US mines which would sink her. Since the ship was still moving, the Captain ...

Diving the President Coolidge
Aug 13, 2006 (10 photos)

At 8:00 today (Sunday) we were at the dive center to outfit ourselves with gear: wetsuits, masks, fins, tanks, buoyancy compensator vests and regulators, and sat in on a dive briefing. Our guide would be an Australian fireman named Jason, who comes ...

Vanuatu
Jun 6, 2006 (7 photos)

Internet has been down on the island for a fair bit while I've been here and isn't cheap! About to go diving so I'll have to update you all later, but life here is great; very laid back, loads of kava and some other medstudents from Newcastle are here too ...

The Spirit of Santo
Sep 13, 2009 (59 photos)

The next day our guide picked up at 9 o'clock sharp, and together with a quintet of adventure seeking Aussies, drove us through town, past a disused US military airstrip, and into the heart of the island’s interior. As we drove further into the ...

movin' on up
Oct 3, 2007 (7 photos)

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An easy life isn't all that bad!
Oct 26, 2009 (67 photos)

... ;                   Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Out on deck when we are in Segond Channel between low, mangrove covered islands to the ...

Santos
Aug 11, 2002

Second largest city in Vanuatu!

Mi no wannam go tata
Mar 5, 2006 (5 photos)

... edge cautiously over the log and then scream like a bunch of girls as we topple in! I've added some pictures of the Ni-Vanuatu (term for locals) hurtling with great skill and totally fearless! I only have a week and a half left here and then off to Oz ...

1st Port
Sep 15, 2007 (13 photos)

This was they 1st land we had seen in 4 days. Luganville is a Island of Vanuatu. It is the 2nd largest Island.

On the hunt for accomodation
Jan 26, 2006

Dear all, I am here in hot and sweaty Santo, my god it is incredibly hot, very humid and the flies and mozzies will do your head in. Despite my lack of Visa they let me into the country and I've been staying at the DecoStop Lodge for the past couple of ...