Fw: Port Villa and Tanna
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Sat 16 Oct 2010 01:58
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17.44.800 S 168.18.690 E
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From: Duncan and Ria Briggs
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Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:51 PM
Subject: Port Villa and Tanna We have been on a mooring buoy in Port Villa for a
week and have been very busy since then. There is so much to do and see.
Provisioning is good, but not cheap, except for the fresh fruit and veg. There
are several good restaurants and plenty of cultural tours. We did a round the
island tour with Irene and Roy from "Peggy West"; learned a lot about Vanuatu
and enjoyed ourselves. We went back to Tanna by plane, as we felt we had to see
the volcano. It was worth it, standing on the edge of a live volcano as it gets
dark is spectacular. We spent the night in a resort and visited a kustom village
the next morning before flying back to Port Villa. The village was very
interesting; they showed us how some villages still live in Tanna; again
we learned so much about the culture and how they are one with nature. Men still
wear nambas (penis sheath) and women grass skirts. They are trying very
hard to keep it that way, but it is difficult.
This morning we filled up with fuel and water, will
do more provisioning and leave tomorrow early for some of the other islands
further north. Next stop Lamen Bay on Epi Island.
   Mount Yasur
ash fields
Lava
explosion from the crater
Thick, smelly smoke the
next minute
 Duncan with the chief from the
village
Demonstration of playing the flute
Kids making
fire
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