Walking on a wall in Winston Churchill Avenue

 

Port Vila cat

 

Watching a local wedding ceremony

 

Expat having a hard night

 

View of Port Vila from flight 486

Erakor Island in the foreground with the harbour and Iririki Island at top right. The town centre also top right 

Still day on Port Vila's waterfront

 

Melbourne Immigration Museum - Pacific Islander Festival

A special opportunity to celebrate with Melbourne’s Pacific Islander communities.

Enjoy music and dance performances, storytelling, basket weaving, woodcarving, a tapa display, children’s activities and much more. Details here

Vanuatu spiders are big but not dangerous

 

Afternoon at the beach

 

Bringing gifts of mats and pigs to a Port Vila wedding

 

Paradice Serve

 

Local workers off to work

 

Arriving at Erakor Beach on horseback

 

Warm rain again

 

Horse riding at Erakor beach

You can arrange this through Club Hippique. The tourism blurb is on target when it says: "For those who want to explore Vanuatu in a different way, Club Hippique Adventure Park offers exciting and new tours on horse back through tranquil rainforests, romantic sunsets and a rare opportunity to meander through a crystal blue watered white sand beach on horse back. Tours include: Erakor Beach Day Tour, which is really an easy ride for anybody to enjoy a horse-back cruise through tropical rainforest and along the shores of a pristine white sand beach, completed by a BBQ lunch on the beach. The Honeymoon ride is an escorted evening trail ride for two. Wine accompanies the ride along with spectacular views and sunset lagoon frontage. The Rainforest ride takes you trekking through tropical landscape with tour guides who provide fascinating information about the native flora and fauna as well as local custom stories. This ride culminates with a swim on horse back in the refreshing lagoon. If all sounds like a must, contact Club Hippique Adventure Park, PO Box 1206, Phone (678) 23347, Email: lenakel@vanuatu.com.vu" 

Community road block on Devil's Point road

Initially these impromptu roadblocks can be slightly alarming but they are mainly to do with localised disputes about land and rarely affect tourists  

Zhong Shui 802 in Port Vila harbour

 

Old cyclone damage on Devil's Point Road

 

Wedding at Tamanu - in the warm rain

Weddings and honeymoons should be arranged through Honeymoon Vanuatu

Worawia Holiday Haven

 

Main street on a wet day

It rains in Port Vila. On average 20 out 28 days in February 

Organic beef

Truly excellent beef is produced in Vanuatu, so make sure you have a steak there. It's exported but not always easy to obtain in other countries. Weekend trips from Noumea, by its French residents to Tamanu Beach Resort in Vanuatu are often about the food and particularly the beef. 

Great burgers here in the main street of Port Vila

 

Port Vila Today - one year old

Check out some of the early photos on this daily photoblog

Inside the Vanuatu Cultural Centre in Port Vila

More information about this museum and cultural centre can be found here

Working trucks

 

Trailbike