by Lance Hunt | Nov 5, 2021
Earlier this week I said I’d tell you about buying a car in Vanuatu. First you need to throw out all concept of what you are used to paying. There is no income tax here, so the government needs to fill the coffers in other ways, and one of them is import...
by Lance Hunt | Nov 4, 2021
Vanuatu’s governmental system was inherited from it’s British and French colonial overlords, but with some local twists overlaying those. The part that is hardest for newcomers to understand is the “Chief” system. Each island (or...
by Lance Hunt | Nov 2, 2021
Ths morning I was reviewing some of Gary Halbert’s newsletters, and came across this.. “All truly wise people realize time is the most precious commodity they possess. And, it is this commodity they are least likely to squander. Do you realize many...
by Lance Hunt | Nov 1, 2021
I recently flagged that I’d tell you about bringing pets into Vanuatu. We have first hand experience with this, as we brought our 2 “Rag Doll” cats with us in 2016. We chose to use a specialist animal logistics company in Australia. A bit...
by Lance Hunt | Oct 31, 2021
In Vanuatu you see a lot of different kinds of Pandanus tree. The Pandanus can be a very attractive “sculptural” looking tree, besides providing food (breadfruit) leaves to make baskets and mats, and a valuable lesson for us. They resist salty...
