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 | Tanna Island |    |  |
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 |  on May 6, 2004 |
Tanna Island is definitely worth a visit! It may be fairly expensive (about A$230 per person) to fly there but it is worth the money!!! We visited an amazing live volcano, some great villages and so much more!!! |
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| Getting ready for the pot??? | | |
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 |  on April 19, 2003 |
We went on a "round the island tour" where were taken up a river on an outrigger canoe and were greeted by these "warriors". |
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| In Vanuatu, 100 different... | | |
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 |  on September 12, 2002 |
In Vanuatu, 100 different languages are spoken in a population of 150,000.And Magic is still highly practised even today. |
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| Gotto see how the locals... | | |
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
Gotto see how the locals live...these people see white people once a year or less often...and back in 1985 they still ATE PEOPLE!!! They were very friendly...but I didn't trust their sharpened teeth! |
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| Ok off the beaten path, what I... | | |
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
Ok off the beaten path, what I would recomend is too hire a car and go explore the island at your own lesuire, there are place's around the Island that you must see and spend some time doing. There are a few accommodation places scattered around the island so its worth taking more then one day to do the trip. |
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| Look at the Presidential... | | |
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
Look at the Presidential Palace in Port-Vila I don't know if they changed it....but when I showed up in 1994 that was a 'half-destroyed' green and white building, quite ugly. It made me feel like if the site has been bombed during a war. |
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| My favorite island is Futuna.... | | |
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 |  on June 28, 2006 |
My favorite island in Vanuatu is Futuna. Through contacts I stayed with locals. Not many tourists go there. It is the only island without malaria. The only things they "import" are clothing, kerosene and soap. Apart from that they are self sufficient. You can walk around the island (scary path at times), you can "climb" the top of the island, you can eat coconut crab, pick mangos, drink coconutmilk and relax. |
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| Vanuatu Off the Beaten Path Tip (Untitled) | | |
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| on August 25, 2002 |
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| Vanuatu Off the Beaten Path Tip (Untitled) | | |
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| on September 12, 2002 |
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| Round Island Tour with a Personal Guide | | |
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 |  on December 9, 2007 |
Apparently, the local Port Vila buses will take you anywhere you want to go on Efate. We decided to take a gamble and test this theory out by trying to get one to take us on the ring road around the island. The process is a bit hit-and-miss. First, you need to find an empty bus. Then, you need to try and flag it down most likely at a busy time of day. Then you need to ask the driver if he'll take you and then set a price. The price we got was probably on the high side (10,000 VT) but given that it was peak hour and most buses seemed full, we couldn't be bothered looking elsewhere. We also got stuck with a driver who spoke mostly French, though his English was good enough to get by, so we settled in for the ride. Before we got going proper, though, Albert (our driver) spent a few minutes driving around town trying to pick up a tour guide for us. He tried two random people before he found Willie, a bored highschool boy who had his first exam the following day. He brought along his study notes though, so we didn't feel too guilty! Unfortunately, Willie spoke mostly Bislama, but again his English was good enough to get by. All in all it was a good trip. I enjoyed seeing the local vegetation outside of the city, and driving through the villages without having to stop unless we wanted to. Our guides bought fresh coconuts from a random person in one village, and we got to try fresh coconut. He took us to some places we didn't know about, and we skipped some places on our list when we were running late. And we got to see how bad the road really was - doing this in a hire car would have been scary! |
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