What? Sometimes we have something to say and no good place to post it. Vanuatu Aelan Walkabaot now has a blog where we can post helpful articles, anecdotes and opinions. There's no publishing schedule and we are not planning a huge volume of posts. This blog is not for personal content, there are sites like travelblog for that. If you would like to contribute then contact us.

This page lists the most recent postings, top down.

Lonely Planet in retreat - the new 6th Edition
By Stephen
January 2010

The new Lonely Planet Vanuatu and New Caledonia 6th edition is surprising. A whole province, the Torres and Banks, has been left out. Ambae, Maewo, Erromango and Aneityum have been dropped. I do not recommend the 6th edition because it is incomplete.
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Wanem kaen tin ia?
By Stephen
January 2010

Canned fish and meat ("tin") is almost a Vanuatu staple. If there's no fresh meat in the village, you could well be served tin. There are many strange tins to sample in Vanuatu.
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Digicel
By Stephen
October 2009

Business, not philanthropy, brought telecommunications to rural Ni-Vanuatu. Digicel Vanuatu launched in June 2008 and has quickly become the nation's most popular mobile phone network.
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The handy bush knife
By Stephen
June 2009

This article includes some tips for choosing and purchasing a bush knife (machete), as a gift for villagers and even as a practical souvenir.
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Vila to Santo by ship
By Stephen
May 2009

Everyone keeps asking and so I decided to write about my experience of travelling from Vila to Santo by ship. I did this in January 2009, stopping at Epi and Ambrym en route.
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Better late than never, a review of Lonely Planet Vanuatu and New Caledonia, 5th Edition.
May 2009
By Stephen

At last! I scored a free copy of the Lonely Planet Vanuatu (and New Caledonia) 5th edition, published July 1996. I was expecting it to be light on substance but Jocelyn Harewood, the author, has actually done a reasonable job of fitting a lot of information about Vanuatu into 161 pages.
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