Friday, September 2, 2011

Port Resolution, Tanna Isl., Vanuatu

Hello All,
We made it to Port Resolution, Vanuatu this afternoon at 1330. We had a very good sail here since we got good wind after leaving Fiji. The anchorage is very incomplete on my chart but it was easy to find the way in. There are 4 boats anchored here that I haven't seen before but I am sure we will get to visit at some point. Right after we anchored we were visited by a wooden dug out canoe, Willie from the village at the head of the bay came to say hello and welcomed us to Vanuatu with 2 coconuts that we drank and ate right way, he told us where everything was here and welcomed us to his village when we came to shore. Not long after Willie Stanley showed up in his dug out canoe and saw my yellow flag on the boat. He told us he was the guy to hire to go to town, which is 10 miles away on a dirt road, to do the check in for the country. He said it wouldn't happen until Monday so he invited us to his village close to the bay to say hello and he would show us around.
We like Vanuatu already and have only been here a few hours. Tanna has the most accessible active volcano in the world and we saw it's smoke coming in so we are looking forward to seeing this beautiful Island and meeting more of the wonderful people that have welcomed us so far.
I will let you know how it goes in the next few days.


peace

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