Port Villa, Vanuatu

... at the island if you are travelling through Fiji. It took us three and a half days to sail from Fiji to Port Villa on Efate, Vanuatu. It was quite a frustrating sail as the wind would pick up for several hours and we would be reefed making 8kts ...

... out with Mario, Shawn and Rosemary. At the restaurant there was a table of eight French Army soldiers. the soldiers were there training the Vanuatu Army, who knew Vanuatu had an Army.  At one point Kim and I chatted with them and they spoke mostly French ...

We arrived here at Port Villa with some wicked winds and unruly swells. We practiced our tacking a few times and finally made it to shore. It was a wonderful surprise to run into Yachty friends, who we met for some drinks at sunset. We shared some great ...