Les Alizes Port Vila
BP 1130 Port Vila, Vanuatu
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Exploring Efate Island
... places but a lot cheaper than 5 of us on a tour and could stay at each place as long as we wanted. Wilson our driver was excellent and we learnt a lot along the way it's a fascinating country with over 83 islands and therefore 83 dialects and cultures. One thing that was quite funny we had been warned about was that the first stop was always a petrol station as your money is used to put fuel in the car, we basically sat on empty the whole way round and he knew just how far ...
Ceremony Season
... visitors. The visitor was Boule who lives with his aunt and uncle in Imaki. His mother married a man from Pentecost Island, where they live but they came to Imaki for the ceremony. The two from the host included Jacob's son, Nathaniel. Bit confusing because he was involved in the Wednesday ceremony as well! Not sure how that worked except he belongs to both nakamals being the natural grandson of Sam and the adopted grandson of George. OK maybe a little more background ...
Off to a Dicky Start!
... a member of their army. He had come back to Tanna, met his wife, got married, got her pregnant then left her to return to France. Silly man, he's missing out on a gorgeous daughter!
On a walk up the creek we discovered the new hydro problem, the rains on Monday night dislodged the pipe and sent it down the creek! We found it wrapped a round a tree! The walk was lovely. There was evidence of the large amounts of water sent down earlier in the year, taking trees and chunks of ...
Local Knowledge
... the bus into town.
We met Henry and his friend Fletcher outside the French restaurant I advised you not to visit a few entries ago. Fletcher was a bus driver and had brought along his van for us to travel in. We drove out of town and into the hills spotting cows and rather large houses. Henry told us about some of the people who lived in the big houses and pointed out other things of interest. We stopped at the crest of the main hill ...
Exploring Port Vila
... also the largest 'city'. There is some debate as to the population but the general consensus suggests that it is somewhere around 40,000. As far as aesthetics are concerned it is not the prettiest place in the world and unfortunately there is a lot of rubbish lying around but it does have a fantastic vibe particularly around the markets which is where we headed off to after departing the bus. The main market in town is the produce market where women and ...


