Wayne Kerr’s Vanuatu Voyage
Vanuatu was influenced a fair bit by the French until the locals woke up to themselves a few decades back, staged a mini revolution, and kicked the frogs out. The result is a cool little place not too screwed up by the outside world … good French food can be had for about a quarter the price of nearby New Caledonia and there's loads of WWII wreck dives if you’re into that. Beaches aint too bad either.
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^ Vanuatu is part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” so plenty of active volcanoes about … earthquakes are common too and I was woken most mornings by a rattling hotel room :)
Port Vila Vanuatu Sailing
Vanuatu is a yachty’s paradise and some very nice rigs there indeed. A guy I was with put a bid in on a 28 footer that had been left behind by some rich yank … some good deals to be had as Vanuatu was up until recently very easy to launder money in.
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^ If sailing aint ya thing you can always jump a chopper to some secluded beach :)
ANZAC Day Santo Island Vanuatu
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^ The locals also put on an ANZAC Day service and expats made it from all over the place for a small gathering nearby the sea
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^ Army bloke setting a wreath off down the bay :)