On The Move Again

Hello All,
We moved to Ranon this morning. This village is on the north west coast of Ambrym Island. The position is 16 08.48S 168 07.01E
We had a great time in Craig Cove. The locals were all very friendly and invited us for Kava drinking with the rest of the village yesterday after noon. It was not a big place and had 2 very small stores where we got some fresh bread. Myself and the crew went snorkeling around some of the small reefs on the point and saw heaps of fish and a few turtles. The water was so clear you could see the anchor at 50 feet of water. We went into the village this morning to see their fresh veggie market but it didn't have much so we decided to move onto Ranon Village 15 miles up the leeward side of the Island.
We arrived here at 1130 this morning and got settled. There is one other French boat here, this is the first time we have shared an anchorage in 7 days. The crew went for a swim, it was so hot today. The active Volcanos on the Island have surrounded it by smoke giving a greenhouse effect and no wind, zip zero, we had to motor sail all the way up here. We were visited by a dug out canoe shortly after we arrived. He welcomed us to the village and told us to come into town anytime and he would show us around. His name is Barry and he heads up all of the activities for visitors and yachties. He has a guided tour up to the top of the Volcano which takes 2 days, a very small part by car and the rest hiking. The Volcano is famous for its lava pools inside, the only problem is 99% of the time you can't see inside for all of the smoke. Rob on Compass Rose did this tour a month ago and he told us to save our money. This is also the most dangerous Volcano of the archipelago because of its unpredictability of eruptions. I went into the village on my own this after noon to take a look around and met up with Barry. It seems Ranon is famous for what they call Tam Tams. They are 8 foot tall carved statues as big around as a tree and are carved out at the bottom for different sounds when you hit them, basically a big wooden drum 8 feet tall with a face on the top. I met one of the carvers as he was working on one. Very beautiful art work. I only stayed briefly but we will all return tomorrow to get some pictures and take a walk.
I will talk to you soon.

PEACE