Port Villa/Vanuatu/December 2012

Unleash crew member showing us around/ taxi in the background. 

Fruit market.

Good hangover cure apparently, the coconut... around 100 vatu for one of these. Which is around 10 cents in Australian dollar.

Fresh produce freshly grown and harvested and etc

The Vanuatuan woman making our coconuts into drink cups so we can drink it :l 

Around the vicinity of Port Villa. 

A grocery store in Port Villa.

On the streets of Port Villa

French influence shown in Port ViIla and all around Vanuatu .

Whilst on my trip to Vanuatu we were aloud to visit the main parts of Vanuatu, unlike the other schoolies groups who were stuck on their resort islands.  It was quite interesting heading into the 'city' it was quite relaxed with the locals occasionally greeting you and etc. And the occasional local drinking the local beer the 'Tuska' which was alright.  The Tuska at our resort was around 400 vatu though on the mainland it was half the price per bottle. Also the liquor here was quite cheaper than Australia. The resort charged 500 vatu for a spirit shot, though im not 100% sure on how much it was on the mainland as i did not really get a chance to get some of the liquor on the mainland. Though the atmosphere on the island was really relaxed... The locals lived in quite basic places as we were shown throughout the town of where the villagers had lived and so on.  I even heard stories of some of the locals just wholly relying on the land and no electricity and etc  which shows the Vanuatuans to be quite simple and open people. There were even pigs running around... haha. Which was quite perplexing for me :l... Weed on the island grew like wildfire according to a local ... Even the bus driver was trying to sell us some... The only means of transport was either boats or taxis, which varied from 800 vatu back and forth from our island which took around 10 minutes or so.

Though in the town there was barely any culture compared to places such as Korea and Japan which are places I've been too. Unfortunately there was no street food life in the town which upset me... though there was kava... which was horrible.. pretty much felt like i was eating muddywater... eekkkkk. Whilst on the village walk i asked one of the workers at hideaway about the culture and etc. And according to her there are Vanuatuans who learn French and English as the country was once occupied by the British and the French. Surprisingly there was night life in Vanuatu the clubs were pretty good... well to me as it was my first time going and i was intoxicated ... unfortunately my nights were blurry as i did not remember much... and my days were spent being hungover... despite my stupidity the others embarked on activities such as dune bugging on the roads of Port villa, swimming with turtles, going to scenery places such as volcanoes, waterfalls and etc.  So days 1,2,3,4,5,6 i was drunk.. i didnt do much, Though i had a blast... though i learnt something when on holidays dont drink too much and be active... hahaha.

For more information on actives visit below:
Vanuatu actives website.