Hey thanks for all the comments- we are most impressed- keep it up. And guys at work- Graeme said you are all heart about the 2 shift!!!!
We woke at 3.30am as Graeme was too hot and was tossing and turning. We lay and talked about things on our minds in our life at the moment- work, house, work, house blah blah- then remembered you Never let your mind worry at this time of the night, so promptly stopped that and fell asleep again!!
We went into town today, and either we have acclimatised majorly or the humidity is more bearable, but we lasted well for 5 hours in the main street which is probably the size of Morrinsvilles. We shopped for presents for home today, the duty free here- have I said about it? Alcohol and smokes are so, so cheap. A bottle of absolute vodka is AUD $16 and a 5 pack of 50gm tobaccos are an amazing $22!
There are also shops filled with label copies, nike,billabong,and games, dvd's etc.
Bought 5 videos for $20 in one place that are all great, but in another bought a supposed english version of national treasure that was not only NOT in english- it was dubbed into thai and it had obviously been filmed with a handicam in a theatre. So guess what- that one is going back for a refund tomorrow and if the asians there want to be unhelpful, Graeme said he will stand outside and tell everyone going in that they rip you off!! Cant imagine how many tourists that were in that shop today are going to be very unhappy when they get home to play their movies! Lucky we have the laptop to check!
To be fair, we bought a nintendo game for Danni which works fine in the same store.
Have to say on a whole the Vanuatu people are the most friendly people we have ever met. Even if you are just passing them in the street they say hello. The standard greeting when saying thank you here is in pidgen "tank you toomas"!
Later on we went back into town and caught the ferry over to Irirki resort for a look around at their rooms and had a meal in the restaurant. It was fantastic and the service rivals anywhere upmarket in NZ (that is usually the case anywhere here).
On the bus ride into town, we were lucky enough by defaut- to be taken on a van ride with a load of village men. In the semi-dark I jokingly think "jeez, hope they dont want to eat us big whiteys"?!! But all was fine and we got to experience their famous pot holed side roads. If you had a brain aneursym, it would pop it!!
Was really funny and we enjoyed seeing the real villages, with their shacks, pristine white churches and fields of men playing their favourite game- soccer in the twilight.
A really good day today. Have included a great pic of the cruise ship sailing out of the harbour at sunset, hopefully these photos on the blog arent too small as we have found you can compress them for the web which makes them alot quicker to upload.
4 comments:
Tried so hard to make out the cruise ship in the dark, when I looked at the swimming pool picture I thought it was Graeme swimming!
Hey, don't worry about things at 3.30 in the morning - I've been an expert at that in a previous life and it's bad karma. It would be worse if you had no work or house to worry about....!
Hey there you 2
I'm not jealous..I'm not jealous...I'M NOT JEALOUS!
Who would be? - after all I can walk outside and be soaked in much less than 30 minutes. And for a cold beer - well I don't even have to put it in the fridge.
As for a cool breeze well we've got some great 80 MPH winds at present that cool you off real quick...and remind you that the old fence panels that you'd forgot about require replacing.
Hmmm...as you can guess weather's not too fine here at present on the "other side".
However, we're both glad you're enjoying yourselves. Highlight of my week was attending a breast feeding class! Baby's 4 weeks away now - looking forward to it all, especially as I'm not the 1 giving birth. Continue having a smashing time.
Matt & Michelle (in wintery Worcester)
Hi guys
That photo of you two under the bed sheets with a torch at 3.30am was original but I'm still wondering who took it???
Now Graeme, remember to choose some DVD's that the boys would like on night shifts. In fact Rob has already purchased 16 Thai to English dictionaries from the $2 shop so we might have to pause the movies a bit 'till we get the hang of it but it shouldn't take too long.
My last question is what was that little lizard slithering across?
Don't vacation too hard.
Mark
Hi there, I am also very concerned re ghecko. It looks like its running across a dinner plate!!! If thats the case are you sure your not filming survivor over there? Well all good at our house ...now.... Aaron left the hose on over night and drained our tank so $180 later we had it filled then the pump wouldn't work so we had a plumber here for 1 1/2 hours this morning but dont think its quite sorted yet. We have some sort of temporary structure up and running. I was most upset as this all unfolded (lack of pump) while I was out on a nice sweaty 6km run and came home to no shower!!! UGH felt like I was on an episode of survivor!!! Anyway all good on the water front... for now!! Sounds liek your getting a bit of exercixe in those biceps will be nice and firm from lifting all those beer bottles to your lips!!!! Anyway your holiday is coming to an end so enjoy the last couple of days and we will see you soon.
Cath
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