Thanks to Adrian winning a spot prize to travel to Vanuatu to do the Vanuatu ocean swim, and me getting airpoints tickets, we winged our way to the tropical paradise that is Vanuatu in late June. It is GORGEOUS! So warm and sunny, friendly people, and just great to get away and relax for a while. We stayed for the first night at the 'flashpackers' in Port Vila, then two nights on Nguna Island, a little island of the coast of Efate (main island with Port Vila on it), then two nights at a hotel in Vila, then two nights on Iririki Island - oh my goodness, that is one flash resort! Lap of luxury suits me I think...
We did heaps of stuff: bareback horse back riding in the ocean (heaps of fun!), loads of snorkelling, swimming, exploring around Port Vila, these incredible waterfalls, and just general lying in the sun. I would highly recommend it!!
The Nomads flashpackers in Port Vila.
Adrian and me soaking up the sunshine.
Having a great lunch on Nguna Island - loving drinking out of the coconuts! It was so beautiful, the fish were incredible (the marine reserve was right off the beach) and we went on a walk around the island with a guide and saw heaps of cool stuff.
A spider web on Nguna Island - don't get too close!
Street sculpture in Port Vila.
Adrian at the Mele-Maat cascades.
Getting a good back massage!
Nature's spa!
You could walk all the way up to the top, it was very cool.
Adrian and me at the bottom of the cascades.
Lost in the middle of the dance! There were a lot of 'kustom' dances and this little guy was having a bit of trouble remembering what he was supposed to be doing!
And the funniest part of the trip - instead of sitting on the beach and watching Adrian do his 3km swim (the whole reason for the trip), I decided that I'd do the 1.5km event. Because there were hardly any people in it I managed to not only win my age group, but come third female overall!! So Adrian's bronze medal for his event was no match for my gold medal and statuette! (despite the fact he actually had to work a bit harder for his than I did for mine...) Iririki Island was excellent, great food, cocktails in the pool, the works - I'd be back in a flash if I could!
