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latest picture: July 27, 2008

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01  With a red Tiare flower behind her

ear, Mrs. Pielau – the Melanesian hostess

of Air Vanuatu – is greeting us with the

charm of the Pacific as we board the

aircraft in Auckland on July 23, 2008,

for the 3-hour flight to Port Vila

 02  Disembarking in Port Vila – the

capital of Vanuatu on the island of

Efate – Liliana is posing for a photo

in front of the only Boeing 737-800

of Air Vanuatu

03  At the arriving hall, we are

welcomed with Pacific rhythms

by traditionally dressed musicians

04  From the WW-I Memorial lookout,

we enjoy a lovely view over the town

of Port Vila with its yacht harbor and

the small island of Iririki with the

luxury bungalow style hotel

 05  After 3½ years, we finally meet

Kay and Peter Forwood personally and

spend many interesting hours together

at Port Vila’s water front. They are since

14 years on a world tour with a

Harley Davidson, visiting 189 countries

06  View over the Vila Bay to

the small offshore island of Iririki,

the yachts and a mega-cruiser,

which remembers us to

Saint Martin/Sint Maarten

in the Caribbean four years ago

07  On July 24, 2008, we join the

celebrations on “Children’s Day” at

the Independence Park in Port Vila .....

 08  ..... invited guests follow

attentively the parade of the Pathfinders

and the children’s speeches .....

09  ..... parents and children in their

festive dresses watch the program

full of expectation

10  From our room at the City Lodge,

we have a nice view over the colorful

and lively market of Port Vila, which

operates daily except on Sundays .....

 11  ..... sitting between her produce,

a vendor is peeling one of her coconuts

12  ..... in another market corner,

men are chatting

13  The market is the women’s domain.

Like there is no tipping in Vanuatu,

there is also no bargaining. The prices

are marked and fixed

 14  Taro roots and other

vegetables is displayed in baskets

made from banana leaves

15  A truck at the market is

filling up with passengers

16  Dolls and other exotic souvenirs

are on display in Port Vila’s

waterfront stalls .....

 17  ..... the masks are

especially tempting

18  The local language of Vanuatu

is Bislama – a kind of Pidgin. The

translation of the TVL mobile phone

ad reads as follows: Talk plenty –

no more worry – very easy

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Masks and dances decorate artistically the walls of a small building along the road to the port

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The charm of the people of the Republic of Vanuatu,

the former Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, an archipelago of 82 islands in Melanesia

 

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2nd Visit: With vehicle in Oct. 2008-