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Vanuatu - formerly ' New Hebrides'
... healthy, as they rarely go the Doctor – which is just as well, as they don’t have much spare cash. Emergency medicine at hospitals is free however.
Our docking time at each port is usually between 9am-5pm. However, once we spend a few hours ashore in the morning, we are ready to go back on the ship again, as it is pretty hot on these islands. More so, however, the humidity is high and we are not used to that. ...
Nguna Island
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am Montag bin ich nach Nguna Island gefahren, eine kleine Insel noerdlich von Efate. Habe oeffentlichen Transport benutzt, was wie ueblich nicht ganz unproblematisch ist. Die Einheimischen fahren morgens in die Stadt und am nachmittag wieder zurueck in ihr Dorf, Mittags kann man Port Vila verlassen und kommt am fruehen Nachmittag an. Um wieder in die Stadt zu kommen verlaesst man die Insel um 6 Uhr morgens... Habe daher ...
Day 4 - Cocktails and Earth Tremors.
... looked at each other and questioned what we had just felt. It was definitely a earthquake. A few people went out onto their balconies to check that all was okay, and Tim reassured me that there was not going to be another one. That helped me sleep a little better ha ha. Tim said it was most likely the aftermath of the Phucket Tsunami and quake. We had spoken too soon as minutes before, Tim and I had realised it was Friday the 13th. What are the chances? We fell asleep shortly after that :)
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A last few peaceful days
... straight into the sea and we can feed the fish off it as well. A few times we got in the water while the fish were fed from above which was heaps of fun with them all swarming around you, but even more fun was to take the food in and hand feed them. The coral was great and variety of fish large and of all sizes.
Snorkelling and reading pretty much took up day 1 here and then we joined them for a Melanesian night which was authentic food cooked under ...
Local Knowledge
... and played with some incredibly waterproof leaves. However before long our ever enthusiastic guide was pushing us on and up the waterfall. Climbing that waterfall is probably the most difficult and dangerous thing I have done while travelling. It must have been at least 30m high and covered in a slippery sheen of algae. The steps were invisible because of the water so we had to feel our way up to the top. Everyone reached the pool unscathed but ...
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