We arrived at Sulua Bay on the small island of Emae at lunch time after a very pleasant sail from the island of Nguna.

Our position at Sulua Bay is “17:02.998S 168:22.220E”.

 

The bay is very pretty with plenty of coral reefs and bommies in the anchorage.

After a spot of lunch we went and explored one reef which had some amazing fish, including a very cheeky coral trout but the coral was a bit knocked about so we will need to do some more exploration tomorrow as well as a shore party to see if we can find the local village.  So far we have seen very few people around and no fires at night.

 

On Thursday we headed ashore in search of the village and found many and plenty of people.  We went for a good wander and found about 4 villages and also the local English speaking Junior school.  As the Independence Day for Vanuatu is just around the corner (Tuesday 30th July) the celebrations are already starting so we decided to stop for a while to watch the local football (soccer game) which was lots of fun.  A snorkel was in order for the afternoon especially as the weather is sunny and warm.

 

After a bit of a rollie and windy night we were off early (around 8am) for the 23NM trip across to Revolieu Bay on the island of Epi.  Epi is quite a large but fairly flat island which is a bit unusual around here.  It is also famous for the friendly Dugong’s up in Lamen Bay so we are very much looking forward to that.