Country Info
- Port-Vila
- Capital
- Vatu (VUV)
- Currency
- 192,910
- Population
- VU
- Country Code
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Port Vila
Travel Blogs from Port Vila, Vanuatu
We feel good today
Hi everyone This is Brayden and Loren and were feeling much better today. These are the best things we have done this holiday. Swam in a cascade waterfall Seen the most prettiest and biggest fish ever Had all sorts of yummy foods made grass ...
May 16, 2009
Jul 06, 2011
Info about Banban School
... of their own. They may work in the home, in the garden, on the farm or become fishermen like their male relatives. In Vanuatu, schooling is not compulsory - if parents can afford to pay the school fees then they will send their children to school. If ...
Back to Big City Life
When these glory days were over we headed back towards Port Vila, now in a miniature sized coffin called airplane. With thousands of air miles behind me, the shaking, numerous vicious air bumps and a pilot aged generation Y got my palms sweating like ...
Hideaway Island
... from near the hotel to Mele Bay wharf to catch the free ferry across to the resort island. It takes about 15 minutes to get from Port Vila to the wharf and there is a day fee of 1000 vt each once you get to the island. The snorkelling was ...
The Cascades
Today we intended to spend most of the day at Hideaway Island. We caught the mini bus, then the ferry but the rough crossing and then the advice of the girl at Hideaway convinced us otherwise. We got instructions on how to get to the Cascades then ...
Sydney, Australia to Port Vila, Vanuatu
Monday, November 17th - Sydney, Australia to Port Vila, Vanuatu Got up and finished packing and cleaning the house. While Steve was taking out the trash he came rushing back into the house screaming.... I kept thinking "what the heck is going on?!!" - ...
Cannibals and Culture in Vanuatu
... being eaten by cannibals today in Vanuatu, but did have a great cultural experience. Starting my day in Port Vila proved a bit stressful. The cabbies in Vanuatu reminded many of the guests of being in Jamaica...very pushy and in your face to get ...
Welcome drink...yes please!
Flight - Air Vanuatu - Sydney > Melbourne > Vanuatu Arrived in Vanuatu at 7pm, we had a welcome performance and were given shell necklaces - so cool! We all squeezed into a van and went to Le Lagon our resort. We past a Gaol and it had barbed wired ...
I am healthier than ever!
... the same generosity as the Ni-Vans. Back at the guest house kitchen I cooked spaghetti noodles that I had bought in Vila, using the water that I had boiled the giant clam with, added garlic and olive oil. What a tasty delight. I ...
Last Full Day in Vanuatu
Once again we decided to try Hideaway Resort for some more snorkelling. After giving my novels to the resort for their library we walked down to the town to firstly get some extra cash for the island fee. Once again the wind towers were moving ...
Day 3 - Internet and mobiles
... places offered this free. Google have a .vu so looking for local companies and websites is quite fast, on downloads outside Vanuatu I'm getting around 20kbytes/s. Though it does frequently drop out, upto 30seconds at a time so VOIP is unusable and make ...
Day 4 - Snorkeling at Iririki Island
Iririki Island was very nice, went snorkeling and swimming on the beach and hired a kayak and went around the island. Kayaks can be hired for 1,500vatu/hr, and you can easily get around the island in 1hr. Snorkeling gear is 1,000vatu to hire for the day ...
Home from Home!
Hi everyone, It's been a while since my last update but I've been busy trying to sort myself out for my 6 weeks here. I've some interesting stories to tell... Life here has to be the slowest pace you ever encounter. Everything is "tomorrow...." Etc. ...
Iririki Island Resort, Port Vila, Vanuatu
... separated from the mainland ... quieter and more exclusive ... and fun to jump on the boat to be ferried back and forth to Port Vila. I believe the island is more developed now with apartments etc., so it was great to see it in it's more natural state. ...
a week of village life
10/5/07 So it's been about a week living in our training village, Mangaliliu. This is definitely a life I can adapt to. Simple and peaceful. A little bit about the village: there are concrete walled houses and there are huts. Some ...
Exploring Efate Island
... one thing we found expensive was all the entry fees but you see the cost of living here is not cheap so can understand it. Vanuatu is not a cheap holiday destination so best to just get use to that (as I keep telling my Scottish self). Day 4 Today ...
Jul 14, 2011
Day 7 - Mele Village, Waterfall and Cascades
... of us. We were picked up in an air-conditioned bus and taken around the Mele Village, which is a great way to see how many Port Vila locals live. Then we drove a little further up the road to the Cascades. There are dry places to leave your things so take ...
On the hunt for accomodation
... know by Saturday if I'm staying here. If they can't help me with accommodation then I may have to consider going over to Vila and spending some time there and then maybe some travelling around. I've met some people here from Kiwi and Ozzie lands that ...
Port Vila Day 2
Today we went into the town of Port Vila, There's not alot there to see and or do. there is one main street of shops. They sell cheap surf labels, fake handbags and duty free goods. Nothing of much interest here. We visited the markets and bought some ...
6.5.2012 – Huraaa na cestu
... . Ranajky velmi lahke, ale vraj je Janellin fruit salat neodolatelny, tak sme neodolaliJ a stal zato, fakt chutny, vsetko co dom a Vanuatu dalo. Dnesny ciel je jasny – Cascade falls a plaz u Hideaway Island. Sadame do autobusu (dodavka s ...
