Poppy's On The Lagoon (2 Bdrm) Port Vila

... This lifestyle still prevails here on the islands, arranged marriages, grass skirts, males buying wives for a certain number of pigs... But they no longer practice cannibalism, or so they tell the tourists - :-D<br><br>I hope that you enjoy the slideshow of images from my day. There is a button on the slideshow window to enlarge the window to full screen, try clicking that button for a better viewing size.<br><br>-T<br>

Hello, I had been putting out posting an update, because I was expecting to have more news to update about by now. But that hasn't happened so I figured I'd just check in and say hello. Wednesday night I got an email for someone in OceansWatch who has been in contact with Fifth Season, and she said that if they weren't in Vila already then I should expect them very soon. So hopefully that means today (though that's what I said yesterday). I ...

... husband and I agreed afterward - why would you expect these two to be good in Vanuatu - we must have been mad going! I would recommend you stick to local produce - the steaks and also the French food was good. We had a couple of great dinners at El Grecko near Goodies and a nice lunch that was reasonable at Chill. If you are visiting Vanuatu do go to Hideaway Island, Paradise Cove for lunch and a snorkel and the Cascade waterfalls if you do nothing else

... French influence, but also the seafood is fresh and the beef tender (well the cows live off lush volcanic lawns). Vila seemed civilised the second time around, relative to the rest of the country I suppose it is. But it also felt a lot more civilised than a lot of western countries I have been to. Erakor I spent the last two nights on Erakor island, just off the mainland in an estuary, where they do a lot of fishing from canoes, and also have fish traps. The one end of ...

... were walking into the village. They definitely know what they were doing! We were greeted by the village chief and the PC country director explained to the chief that we are PCVs seeking their permission to stay in the village, and of course the chief says okaylah.....this is just a formality, they have pre arranged everything. We proceed to this area where we were called out by name to meet our host papas and mamas. My mama is 62 and my papa is 42. they do ...

... here from 16k away, made the view even more exciting &amp; fulfilling. After spending a good couple of hours up here exploring, it was time to head for home. Part way back a local man offered me a lift as he was heading that way. My feet were knackered &amp; I needed the break so I accepted his kind offer. Sunday 15/07/07 I awoke this morning very excited. Today I would be traveling to another island called Taner, south of the main island. This was to be a ...

It's been a while since I wrote. We've been to Australia and are now in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. I had been in Australia about 21 years and a half ago as a Camp counselor at Lake Moogarah near Brisbane. Then, it was my first trip outside North America (I'm French Canadian) and the Australians seemed to me to be quite different from North Americans. Now that I've been in many European and African countries and a few Asian countries as well, I ...

... if you are trying to teach English and there is a French class next door! Each classroom has a blackboard, wooden benches and tables for the kids, the furniture is very much beaten up and rickety but its hardly surprising since they are built by the families of the students and climbed all over by the kids every day. One of the buildings has electricity, the class 5 and 6 one. Class 3 and 4 has no electricity and when it is raining it can get really dark in the ...

... we hop on - no security check, as a matter of fact the airport was completely unstaffed - while the props are still spinning and with no safety instructions or anything of the sort, we turn around and take off. We arrive at the airport - with no ride and no cash still - and no ATM as the international side is open and empty but the ATM is closed - and as soon as I'm about to ask someone to ...

... phone call to reserve a room - my mobile would send and receive text messages but wouldn't let me make a call, and despite claims to the contrary in several phone boxes, none of my 5 credit cards would work in the phone booths. So I reserved a room in the Luron Guesthouse, the closest I could get to a backpackers in Vanuatu and the guy said he'd be quite happy to wait up till 3am for my arrival. After touching ...