I was nervous to go into the unknown, coupled with the fact that the airplane to take me there was, well for the lack of a better word, um not exactly the safest plane I’ve seen. But no worries, unlike most other trainees who were grounded in Vila because their airport was too wet to land, I was cleared to go because I was to have a “paved” airstrip. Finally, I land safely at Craig Cove, Ambrym (West Ambrym). I was fortunate, I flew out early, not late and when I arrived I had people waiting on my arrival. (I was told to expect less, to wait, wait to leave and wait to be picked up.) So, off I go in one battered up pick up truck, a style of transport all so similar to that
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