Country Info
- Port-Vila
- Capital
- Vatu (VUV)
- Currency
- 192,910
- Population
- VU
- Country Code
Port Vila Slideshow
Port Vila
Travel Blogs from Port Vila, Vanuatu
Port Vila to Tanna, Vanuatu
... the next email - don't want to tire you out at once.... see you in a few! ...more: Tuesday, November 18th, Port Vila to Tanna, Vanuatu Okay - back. We checked into White Grass Ocean Resort - greeted with leis of fresh flowers, and went through an ...
Tanna, Vanuatu
Wednesday, November 19th, Tanna, Vanuatu We did pretty much the same thing as the first day - just hung around the resort, walked around the rocks, explored the reef a bit, visited the sea cave near the resort, and Leif and I left for the volcano again ...
Ceremony Season
... to mind. Eventually, on Thursday night, everyone had a good night's sleep! And so ended another marathon effort in Imaki, Tanna, Vanuatu. It is amazing the extent to which we have been embraced by not only the immediate families of Papa George and Sam, ...
A time for change. 2011.
Ah, so It's that time of year again that we look back on the last 12 months and reflect on our actions, decisions, the people we met, the friends we lost, the laughs, the tears, the changes, and everything in between. Along comes another year and its ...
Port Vila and Fatumara
... rat did not help things. If I went back I would stay at Paradise Cover and/or Hideaway Island. Port Vila istelf is a great town and the Vanuatu people are fantastic. Best exchange rate was by far at Goodies - Sydney airport offered 70 cents for a ...
Vanuatu
Just posting this even though it happened last year :) Me and my 3 work colleagues (Kim, Karen & Dale) went to Vanuatu as a reward for working so hard for the past year. I hadn't been before so it was to go and check out another South ...
Village Homestay
Hello, Beautiful Vanuatu was an island where peopel were on the Survivor show. We tagged turtles at our homestay village and ate a traditional umu dinner. We listened to guitarists as well. TANNA, ...
Take a break in Vanuatu
... town in these buses and you'll often see the bus driver's wife or friend sitting next to him in the front seat. Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, is found on the island of Efate. You won't be able to avoid the bustling market found near the centre of ...
Day 6
... and ran the gauntlet of local stalls selling sarongs and plastic leis and caught a minibus/taxi into town for $3. There's not much to Port Vila - just one street about a kilometre long with a local food market at one end and Duty Free shops at the ...
Sydney to Vanuatu
... good flight with the usual irritable kids but very little turbulance. A free seat next to us, which was nice. Arriving in Vanuatu we disembarked at the 'International' Airport into a blast of hot air then through the ‘friendly’ customs. ...
An Anniversary in Vanuatu
... eggs, fruit etc. After breakfast we walked down to town, sheltering at one stage for a brief downpour. We discovered Vanuatu is not cheap, very expensive in fact. We bought a breadstick and some spreads at the supermarket and some fruit ...
Exploring Port Vila
After breakfast we walked down to the Ferry wharf to go to Iririki Island Resort. The supposedly "free" ferry actually cost 1500 vatu each for a voucher which could be used for food and drinks on the island. It's only a small crossing, a couple of ...
Mi no wannam go tata
... 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 ...
Happiness above all else
From what I had heard and seen on Vanuatu we were going to somewhere very remote, however, when we arrived in Port Vila it seemed much like Fiji or Tonga. Hotels, restaurants and bars lined the seafront, shops and markets sprinkled in as well. Nearly ...
Vanuatu
So, here is the low down. We arrived Saturday to Independance Day Celebrations. Sunday we walked around a bit to get our earings and Every day since then has been spent in a seminar on Coral Reef protection program just being implemented and we are now ...
first day in vanuatu
After ~24hrs of transit time from LA we arrived in port vila, vanuatu and the local PC staff and volunteers threw us a huge surprise welcome. The PC country director was there to shake your hand and welcome you, and you hand off to the staff your ...
Vauatu
... , so landing a Boeing 737 was going to be tricky. We fly in over the top of Efate, which is Vanuatu's main island. We circled over the bay of Port Vila to loose height. Then came the mad bit... At only a 100ft or so above ground level we headed through a ...
In Vila still and loving it
We have been having really good times mostly. Recently Brayden and Loren have both been sick so blogging isn't happening. Tanna and volcano now cancelled. All safe just not as well as could be right now. Antibiotics should fix things. Loren now now ...
days of our lives
I was told the weather so far has been colder than normal. It's weird but I feel cold more often than hot since I got here. I brought a digital thermometer so I know exactly what the temperature and humidity is. It's mostly been in the high 70's and ...
Learnings
Photos on the blog , Got to Vanuatu for early morning, Port Vila today. Didn't need the tender boats, as the Port is quite large. No tour planned today. Thought we would "wing it". Got off the ship and walked along the craft markets along the wharf. ...
port vila wokabout
We were introduced to the local language 'bislama'. It's a pigeon English language. Some of the vocabulary words we have learned listed below. I am not kidding. English : Bislama Bra ...