Country Info
- Port-Vila
- Capital
- Vatu (VUV)
- Currency
- 192,910
- Population
- VU
- Country Code
Vanuatu Slideshow
Vanuatu
Travel Blogs from Vanuatu, Vanuatu
The Underwater World of Moso Island
... to show everyone what the world is like under the sea around Moso Island. We have both dived in some pretty amazing places and Vanuatu is up there as some of the best diving we've ever done; compared to other dive destinations, it is still ...
Port Vila
... and drove to his dental office. Dr. Hutton was older than his voice indicated over the phone. He had, he explained, come to Vanuatu over twenty years earlier and had stayed on. "I'm just getting to know the place" he explained with a smile as we ...
Bear!
Bear! Trying to leave was the hardest part. She's known something was up for a while – since we pulled out the backpacks. As time grew short, and we were closer to leaving the bond between us grew and she became so clingy, hardly leaving our ...
Diving the President Coolidge
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 ...
Day 10 - Shopping around
... back and any shop should gladly give you a refund. Shop around in some of the back streets before buying anything, Vanuatu doesn't make many things other than the wood calving. The locals resell traditional looking clothing at rather expensive prices, ...
early november thoughts
Wow it's November already. Some volunteers in our group think time seems to stand still in the village. I think it's been flying by. Today we each got our official site assignment and description of the place. Some people are excited, ...
Vanuatu
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 ...
settling in
... separated from Britain and France. But what the fuck do they know about running their own country? Nothing. Vanuatu is a perpetual aid receiving country. Just about every infrastructure improvement is done with international aid money. The only ...
Jun 29, 2011
the best snorkelling I've ever seen!
Today we were docked at Wala from 9-4 and from speaking to people we had been told this island is a lot like Mystery Island, just with more people and busier. Initially we decided to have a day off swimming so we had a breezy morning with a bit of a ...
Earthquake!
... through immigration, claimed our baggage and went into the termial. More waiting. I tired to exchange Solomon Island dollars for Vanuatu currency and was told Solomon Dollars are worthless outside of Solomon Islands. I tried to coax a airpot employee to ...
Jun 25, 2011
Jul 11, 2011
The happiest place on earth in 2006
... I have ever encountered. They are also very happy despite being classified as a low income country. The Happy Planet Index ranked Vanuatu number 1, as the world's happiest place in 2006. The index uses 3 factors: life expectancy, human well being, and ...
A little taste of Champagne bay
Today was our last tender port, and our last snorkelling opportunity of the cruise. We caught a late tender into shore about 10:30am or so and there were already quite a few people swimming in the beach. It's quite a small beach (maybe 200m long), but ...
Tanna, Vanuatu
Thursday, November 20th, Tanna, Vanuatu A wonderful night's sleep with all of the glass shutters (with screens!) open and mosquito nets over our beds. Went to breakfast overlooking the ocean, lots of fire roasted toast with butter and vegemite, as ...
Tanna to Port Vila, Vanuatu
Friday, November 21st, Tanna/Port Vila, Vanuatu Okay, get up, pack, and prep for our little flight out, then have breakfast and go snorkeling again. The little sea snake is out there again, after us, but we avoid it and keep going... the snorkeling is ...
Day 1 - Arrival and Accommodation
Arrival: The Air port is much smaller than I expected, though has a very much island feel, surrounded by palm trees and green mountains. There is also a local band playing to greet us, keeps us entertained in the queue through customs. I have ...
Off to a Dicky Start!
... weeks ago but we have had a few computer glitches and I lost all that I'd written so here goes again! Also I'm dividing the Vanuatu trip into 2; the ceremonies and other stuff! So people, hang in there! We left Friday 2nd Sept, eventually and not without ...
A Rest Day
Today we were unsure what to do so we went into town to see if the weather was OK to go to Hideaway. The wind towers indicated that it probably wasn't worth the bus trip and entry to Hideaway Island so just shopped for a while before returning to The ...
Loving my island life
Now, its no doubt that life in the islands is so much more relaxed, and easy going. I am absolutely loving it! :) I don't think I've ever been as happy in my life as I have been in the last 6 months of being back here. (Apart from maybe when I was a kid ...
Snorkelling for 3 hours straight!
Woke up had breakfast, after breakfast felt very sick, must be the malaria tablets! Stopped taking them. Got taxi to Port Vila, went to fruit markets and shops. Took in all the culture, i noticed that Vanutuans love their families! You'll see families ...
Episode 6
Dear friends and Family, How are you all doing. Vila Vila Vila. It is a good thing they don't have police or I'd still be in jail. I had an absolute ball in Vila and I can heartily reccomend the joint to anyone considering a holiday on a tropical ...
village feast for john roberts
Today we had the 5-day ceremony in Mangaliliu for the passing of the late PCV John Roberts who was tragically killed in an accident. After the customary announcements by the village chiefs and PC representatives we proceeded to a feast. This is a ...
Lukim yu
... good clean it gets a power hosing (... I was told and so much want to believe that to be true). Vanuatu is all about seeing the islands, so usually we minimize our time in Vila and tend to provisioning, internet time, exercise, ...
yoga and poi and working in the garden
Poi. Chris is a guy in our group who is really good at it and he performed the fire poi last night along with the yoga instructor Jani. It was wicked cool to watch. I think the village kids were mesmerized by it. Tantra kryia Yoga. ...