Monthly Archives: May 2011

“Made it to Maskeylene Islands today. World heritage site for coral reefs. Snorkel tomorrow!”

“Made cross from Ambrym Island to Malekula Island today. Long day! 30 miles of sailing and paddling!”

“Still in the same place as yesterday. Hiked to villages to see large wood carvings done by villagers. No room in kayaks to buy. 😦 “

Postscript Update-Part 1: (Last we left our Vanuatu Adventurers, they’d taken refuge on a deserted beach near the village of Wakon in North Ambrym.) We woke the next morning to the sound……of silence. No crashing waves. No crowing chickens. Just our … Continue reading →

Postscript Update: Below is Part 1 of this update. Part 2 will be posted soon. Part 1: The trip back down the volcano wasn’t nearly as strenuous as the trip up (imagine that) but it wasn’t without its challenges. The … Continue reading →

Postscript Update: (There is a Part 1 and Part 2 on this update so look for both of them below.) Part 1: As instructed by our guide, Jimmy, we were up and ready to go the next morning by 8:30 … Continue reading →

Postscript Update: I’m now a little off on my dates here. This all technically belongs on the last blog entry but since I’ve already put an update there, I’ll do this one here and will add some more information to … Continue reading →

Postscript Update: Apparently we had you all a little worried here for a day or so. Not sure what happened. We did send a sat phone update the evening before this one but it must not have gone through.  We … Continue reading →

Postscript Update: We woke up the next morning and the winds SEEMED a little bit calmer and the waves in the channel LOOKED a little less fearsome.  And we were all beginning to go a little stir crazy. So we … Continue reading →

Postscript Update:  Though we all went to bed that night hoping the winds would die down so we could cross to Paama the next day, the winds did anything but that.  All night long, they persistently flapped at our tents. … Continue reading →