The daily emails from Lance in Vanuatu.

OK, what was your experience of the last 24 hours?The weather? Interactions with friends? Shopping? Work? Exercise? Relaxation?No doubt you participated in some if not all of these activities.Now imagine those 24 hours had been spent in Vanuatu - South Pacific paradise.Imagine calling a beautiful...

The Afghan brother of one of our clients in Australia applied over a year ago for a Vanuatu permanent residency visa. But despite our reminders (and at times even pleading) he has not got his paperwork in order so we could get it processed.Now he's panicking. Now the state of things in...

As promised, here are the "negatives" of Vanuatu, in no particular order...No personal income taxNo corporate income taxNo death duty (estate tax)No gift taxNo heavy-handed government "Big Brother"No "nanny state" attitudeNo winter as you know it.No plastic shopping bagsNo pollutionNo Genetically...

Did I tell you yet that although the pandemic has certainly affected Vanuatu economically, there are no actual cases of the virus in the country?So the borders were closed back in March 2020 or so. Since then only citizens and holders of permanent residency visas have been allowed in. Returnees...

Are you the kind of person who likes to "make a difference?"Then you may be interested in what happened to me this week...I was negotiating a deal with an Australian company representing one of America's largest credit card transaction processors.In the process I learned from a passing comment...

One of my work associates who also works for another company, lives in Canberra, the "Capital City" of Australia. Yesterday she said a 7-day lockdown was suddenly announced, so she was out to get groceries for the duration. But the traffic was pandemonium.However, she can work from home, and said...

A little drama was played out right in front of us.The people from the village that has the fishing rights to our bay decided that it was time to re-establish the prohibition on fishing. (They imposed a ban in 2019, but lifted it when the COVID thing happened, because so many people lost their...

Yes, it's true. I do NOT want "customers" for any of my businesses. And neither should you! According to the dictionary, a "customer" is "a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business." You see, it says nothing about the relationship between the two parties except for the exchange of...

Recently at my desk, I was distracted by a loud banging.Looking up from my computer and out the window, I could see a man hammering away on something in the grass.On closer inspection, it was Shem, a guy from up the road, who was repairing his outrigger canoe (or "kanu" with the emphasis on the...

A movement outside my office window caught my eye...Glancing out I saw two guys walking on the beach carrying about 20 freshly-caught fish on a string.I raced out and asked them if I could take this photo for you...https://in.vu/fishSo why does Fencing Wire plus Rubber equal Fish?Because although...