by Lance Hunt | Oct 9, 2021
Yesterday as I was driving in Port Vila I was reminded of something that has become “unremarkable” to me, but which was a culture shock when we arrived in Vanuatu 5 years ago. It was around the time shool gets out, and there were hundreds of children...
by Lance Hunt | Oct 7, 2021
I guess you’d call it the the “National Footwear of Vanuatu” What the Aussies call “thongs” and the Americans call “flip-flops” are known as “savat” or “slipper” here. Bislama doesn’t really have...
by Lance Hunt | Oct 6, 2021
Yesterday was “Constitution Day” in Vanuatu. I was not ready for it, as I work from my home office most of the time. Unless I look at a calendar of public holidays I only find out when I try to ring someone. But this holiday is a Big Deal here. It has a...
by Lance Hunt | Oct 5, 2021
My wife Adeline and I have long taken Mondays off for ourselves… we spend the day together doing whatever pleases us on the day.Yesterday was one of those “just perfect” days when the sun was out, the sky and water blue, the wind and waves gentle,...
by Lance Hunt | Oct 3, 2021
This week when I went to the main market in downtown Port Vila, there were no pineapples.Not one!Yes, everything is seasonal here. You can buy out-of-season imported fruit and veg at the big supermarkets, but (1) they cost a lot more and (2) they are not as fresh.But...
