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The Vanuatuan equivalent of the sausage roll1, tuluk, went down well with some nicely coloured carbonated water sold under the name of VB (that is, Vanuatu Beverages).
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1the Australian equivalent of lihapiirakka
Most Vanuatuans speak bislama, also known as Melanesian pidgin English. My bislama skills are quite limited, but I am capable of saying
Went diving on the tiny Moso Island north of Efate. Getting there required crossing a seemingly impermeable jungle - incidentally, the very same one where the participants of the 2004 Survivor TV show trudged. The most interesting underwater encounter was that with a grand old green turtle, large as a mountain (at least in memories).
Visited a kava joint called Green Light Nakamal in the evening. The local kava brand tastes absolutely horrible, but it is also quite a bit more potent than its Fijian counterpart. The tendency of locals to speak in an exaggeratedly quiet and soothing voice seems to be partially due to the fact that loud noises easily wear out the kava effects. Also, the kava drinkers prefer to move around very, very carefullllllyyyyyyyy...
Collected my fiftieth country point from the small South Pacific island of Efate. The view from the ingeniously named guesthouse Room With A View was truly outstanding.
Got some mail from a chap called Damien Carmichael. I urge everybody to join me in celebrating my new citizenship at the City Hall on Monday 17 September (entry via Ann Street). No distance should be too vast on a day as fine as this.
Visited an old abandoned railway tunnel in Dularcha, an hour's train ride north of Brisbane. The current inhabitants of the tunnel include nocturnal butterflies (pictured) and tiny horseshoe bats (far above my head and out of reach of my shabby camera; not pictured).
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