Background: The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980.
July 29th 2006Oceania » Vanuatu » Efate » Port Vila In July 2006, we decided to take a diving holiday - me, Jamie, my sister Kirsty and his brother Ben. At first we were torn between Tonga and Vanuatu, but Vanuatu was a bit cheaper, and so that prevai ... 5 photos[full story]
July 9th 2008Oceania » Vanuatu » Efate We Arrived in Vanuatu on 09/06/08.
It was a little cooler than we had expected, having travelled to Fiji and Samoa in the last quarter of the year. We stayed in Pt Vila for a week taking in a few tou ... [full story]
May 31st 2008Oceania » Vanuatu » Efate » Port Vila
Air Fiji check in counter guy
Checking in at 7.30am for my 7.45am flight to Nadi and only being "almost late" - I love Pacific time!
If any of you miss being able to visit the cockpit dur ... 15 photos[full story]
September 22nd 2007Oceania » Vanuatu » Santo Augustina the catamaran arrived from Port Villa with the rest of our crew shortly after the publishing of my last blog. We had a great dinner for their welcoming to Luganville and then set off the fol ... 15 photos[full story]
December 20th 2007Oceania » Vanuatu » Efate » Port Vila So I managed almost 2 weeks back in Suva after my Uganda trip before I headed off overseas again. In that time I squeezed in an election night party and passing my Fijian Beginners language exam.
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May 17th 2008Oceania » Vanuatu Landfall in Port Vila, Vanuatu was made by Moet and her crew on Wednesday 25th September, 7:00am Island time. After 7 days at sea land was a treat - warm showers, cold beers and finally somewhere to ... 6 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008Oceania » Vanuatu » Ambrym Ok, it’s been a really long time, I know. Well, a lot has happened over the past several months…
Long story short, I’m the only volunteer on my island and in effort to continue m ... [full story]
February 17th 2008Oceania » Vanuatu » Malekula We’re going down.
As I looked out the tiny window of the even smaller Air Vanuatu Twin Otter, all I could see were the hundreds of coconut palm trees lined up in perfect rows, getting closer ... 10 photos[full story]
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