There are a number of waterfalls on the main island Efete in Vanuatu.
Some of these are very accessible as they are right next to the road such as this one.
Others are a bit more of a hike, but definitely worth it...such as these ones at Mele.
Unfortunately the access to the falls is not being very well managed. They have cut steps into the limestone and scrubbing the surface to avoid people slipping when walking. Unfortunately this also erodes and changes the waterfalls and I think they should put a walking track adjacent to the falls instead.
One day we hired a driver to take us around the island.
One of the places we stopped was the Blue Lagoon which is a small semi freshwater lagoon with large lime stone deposits making the water very blue to look at.
We also stopped at Turtle Bay which is supposed to be a turtle sanctuary...but for what it is (tiny) and the knowledge of your guide (none) very over prised.
But they did have some live coconut crabs.
Some baby turtles
And a couple of large turtles in a very small and dirty enclosure.
You would think that a country with access to some of the best seafood and freshest produce would have fantastic food.
Although the food was Ok, we didn't find it fantastic and generally very over prised.
There was plenty of restaurant in and around Port Vila and some of them serving specialties such as coconut crabs and flying foxes.
We tried the coconut crab...but it was overcooked and dry and had surprising little meat on it (no meat in the body itself).
So we stuck to more traditional seafood which most often was battered and deep fried.
And as usual Aiden got into the free kids menu desserts
This weekend we went up to Lake Macquarie with the family to stay for a couple of night at a resort. I didn't take a lot of photos because we either didn't do much or were too busy with the family.
I did however take this one photo one evening at Katherine Hill Bay.
26. April 2013 10:46
by Rene Pallesen
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Lucas is now 7 Months and for this month we decided to take his Monthly
photos while he was on his first overseas trip to Vanuatu.
This series of photos was taken at Eton Beach on the east side of the island
of Efate in Vanuatu...he loved the water and had a hard time to understand that
it is unpleasant to eat the sand and drink the salt water.
He is now almost able to crawl...he just needs to figure out that it is not
enough to just move the legs...you also have to move your hands.
3. April 2013 07:20
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I know it was a couple of months ago, but I only now got around to processing it.
Here is another photo that I took of Lucas when he was 4 Months.
27. March 2013 11:15
by Rene Pallesen
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The other night we went for dinner at Marks place. He asked us if we could help him take some photos of the kids Axolotls...our response was 'Their WHAT??'.
Anyway, it turns out to be some sort of Mexican Salamander and he'd attempted to get some photos using his point and shoot camera, but wanted something better that he could print and hang on the kids wall.
Here are some of my efforts:
27. March 2013 11:12
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When Lucas doesn't have any toys to play with then his favourit pass time is to suck his feet. Here is a quick snapshot from the other day when he was at it again.
He's now got two teeth, so hopefully he wont chomp off his toes.