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Vanuatu: it was the best of times, it was the best of times

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Captain Clare

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Nits

Dry boat

Sticky salty skin

Night swimming

Naked swimming

Naked night swimming

Mosquitos

Market fever

Rolly anchorage

Simborro

Village walk

Lit up sky

Grit in the bed

Fleas

Beach fire

Volcano shakes

Out of cheese

Out of beer

Out of underpants

Home blong pikinini bagarap

Island dress

Bennington’s Banana Pie

All parts of the coconut

Trading

Salt water wash only

Banana takeover

Cans

Caves

Diarrhoea

Underwater garden

Tanna coffee

Rum nut

Comments

3 responses to “Vanuatu: it was the best of times, it was the best of times”

  1. Bek Avatar
    Bek

    Gorgeous! Need more info on “Home blong pikinini bagarap”! 🙂

    1. Clare Avatar
      Clare

      It is Bislama explaining why we only have one child (a great concern to people here) that translates to “home of baby (uterus) is broken”! Bislama is wonderful.

  2. Granny Bardsley Avatar
    Granny Bardsley

    This sounds so like the Marshall-Bardsley place to be. Fantastic! ?

    Lots of love Granny Bardsley

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