Botanical Gardens of Vanuatu
After spending the week cleaning and packing and scrubbing our beloved Far and Away I was exhausted. I lay down on the crisp white sheets in our rented house in…
After spending the week cleaning and packing and scrubbing our beloved Far and Away I was exhausted. I lay down on the crisp white sheets in our rented house in…
Of all the romantic places we have visited Vanuatu stands alone as the most primitive and most unchanged of all island groups. On Tanna the homes and villages existed much…
Thomas had offered to take us somewhere to weigh our luggage this morning but by 8:15 he had not yet arrived. I called him in desperation, “Oh ya... Are you…
MAILMAN, MAILMAN” a local island man yelled. Dressed in a wetsuit and scuba gear he walked to the waters edge with his mail bag and to the bewilderment of half…
Having completed the run through of our sailboat with the new owners yesterday, we were finally ready to explore the island of Efata, Vanuatu. We had been here almost a…
A jarring crash and the boat was half submersed.. Howling wind forced another round of waves to pound even the windows, submersing the cockpit. One look outside and I knew…
The last few days have been busy ones. With little down time it has been rather exhausting. I was up at 4am unable to sleep. Perhaps thinking about the imminent…
On Wednesday Orin and Eli went over to Andrew's house to make slingshots. His 13 year old son Anthony had cut some tree branches for our boys that were the perfect…
It was a busy morning with visitors. We had four people between 8 and 9:30 am show up at the Lenakel wharf whistling or calling over for us to come…
The Monday morning village of Lenakel market was bustling with villagers who had descended on the centre of the town to see the freighter off and to buy and sell…