Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Island Paradise

There are litereally hundreds of islands in Vanuatu and many of them you can visit in a day just off the main island of Etafe. We went down to Erakor island on the southern side of Etafe island. Theres a little resort and a restaurant on the island you can stop at. Theres a little ferry that takes you over the water about 300 metres to the island. There was HEAPS of starfish on the beach which was really cool. The water too is so crystal clear that you can see right to the bottom almost all the way to the island.

Around Port Vila there are dozens of resorts that you could stay at. The one pictured below is Iririki Island Resort. The entire island is one huge resort. Theres also a 24 hour ferry that will take you there from Port Vila and you can eat at one of the several restaurants around the resort.

The people in Vanuatu speak Pidgin English and most of the signs are in this language. If you try hard enough you can understand what they say. The French at one time colonised this place (until they kicked them out), so some signs have French on them too.

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