Country Info
- Port-Vila
- Capital
- Vatu (VUV)
- Currency
- 192,910
- Population
- VU
- Country Code
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Internet in Santo
... boat. I tried to help them out whenever I could but there wasn't really that much to do, so mostly I just enjoyed Vanuatu with them. We spent a couple of days traveling up to the Maskelyne Islands on southern Malakula, where we spent several days. Our ...
Waiting out the winds in Vanuatu.
... of Vanuatu and is very well organised for visiting yachts. It has an Anglo/French feel to it from when Vanuatu was under British/French administration until the 1980s. This has resulted in some great restaurants and patisseries but correspondingly high ...
Happy Halloween
... 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 easiest route ...
The Secret Garden
Today we chatted with our local friend Joe. He gave us permission to hike to his garden. The hike was a lovely hike that took us above Port Resolution for about 1 km. Along the way John showed us a clay bed they would use for things like face paint. ...
LAND!
Finally we see land! We see our destination and in record time. This trip should have taken 4 1/2 days but with the strong wind in our favor we cut through the water like a razor. For the last four hours of the trip the auto pilot failed so we each got ...
Auckland to Vanuatu
... home the title and we all got smashed then went dancing! A fab night but meant we overslept our alarm for the plane to Vanuatu - oops!! A mad dash to the airport and we made it in time to fly together. After landing we transferred to our resort and were ...
CZ Vanuatu - Mystery Island
Ostrov Aneityum je nejjiznejsi misto na Vanuatu. Lita sem jednou tydne maly letadlo a jinym zpusobem se sem neda moc dostat takze clovek musi zustat cely tyden. Travnate letiste je situovano na uple malym ostrove 1km od Aneityum. Tento ostrov se jmenuje ...
The Race is On!!!
The Race is On!!! Kim and I placed a bet with our traveling campanion Longshot. The bet was we would beat them to Oyster Island off of Santo, a 30 mile trip from Malakula. Longshot started first with a 20 minute lead. After two hours of sailing we ...
Last Night
I had the worst night of sleep. The waves were hitting us on a beam last night and we were rocking back and forth in the worst possible way. I so desperately wanted to go to sleep but the waves were not going to let me. Four movies was the amount of ...
A whole new world
This was an incredible day. We woke up early and sat in the back of a 4x4 truck for two hours to get to the other side of the island where we needed to exchange cash and pay ridiculous customs fees. We got to see several villages, witness the hard work ...
Not one but two fish!
... large building we saw coming in was a Catholic school. This was the first time I head Catholics mentioned. Mostly in Vanuatu I hear about Protestant, Presperterian but never Catholics. Unfortunately I missed their mass. As Day turned into night the ...
19 Hours
We actually left some place when we said we were. Today we left Havana Harbor for Lamen's Bay on the Island of Epi. The journey is 60 miles and took us 19 hours. Have no fear I busied myself with reading Treasure Island and catching up on sleep. At ...
Happy Birthday Greg
Today was all about Greg's Birthday. Kim and I did some birthday shopping at the Bonmarche. It was the biggest grocery store we have been to with great stuff to stock up on. It is equivalent to a mini Target. We decorated, we cooked, we got ...
He Got Punched in the Face
... out with Mario, Shawn and Rosemary. At the restaurant there was a table of eight French Army soldiers. the soldiers were there training the Vanuatu Army, who knew Vanuatu had an Army. At one point Kim and I chatted with them and they spoke mostly ...
A day in the Life of Annie at Sea
One might ask what does Annie do on a sailboat for three months; well I hope what I am about to tell you sheds some light. My morning starts off with the sun shining in my face at 6 a.m. I try to cover my face with my pillow but the sun is ...
Wala Island Tour
Today were were educated by the Chiefs of Wala Island, home to five Chiefs. They were gracious today in allowing us to tour the Island that is considered taboo for non-natives. We learned about their history, saw their sea turtle conservation ...
Hanging out with Her Majesty's Royal Navy
Today we had lunch and dinner with the fine sailors of the Australian Navy. It was a good time because we got a tour of their boat anchored in the harbor. Later we did as the Australians do and watched cricket and car racing. Both not too appealing, to ...
Coolangatta, Australia to Port Vila, Vanuatu
... I would like with an overweight takeoff. Given all that, I started looking at other places to stop and came upon Port Vila, Vanuatu (NVVV), which hadn’t been mentioned to me by ferry pilots. NVVV has avgas (in a real truck, not barrels) ...
An Experience
Today we are in Aramongo, Vanuatu at Dillon's Bay. Today was a good day, I was able to witness politics in the community in action, do my first scuba dive and asked my opinion regarding bungalows a local named David was creating all by hand to boost ...
Rain, Rain Go Away
Still here in Port Vila, we are waiting on our friend Keith from Longshot to arrive he on Friday from the States. Today's task is to find a converter for the boat so we can power it up dock side. Our batteries have been insanely low and we have been ...