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| Woven dwelling near Enam |
Lots of jungle on the
drive back to Port Vila.
Unfortunately, a climbing plant, introduced by the Americans is taking
over the forest. The Climber is
smothering the forest, “a mile a minute”.
The locals have to burn it to keep their land free of the pest.
Housing is makeshift, and uses the natural resources. Saw lots of dwellings with tarpaulins for roofs, and walls. The aftermath of Cyclone Pam is very evident. There are piles of twisted iron on the road side, but I am not sure who will be salvaging it.
Bamboo housing with tarpaulin as part of the walls.
Drove past the Blue
Lagoon, but we have seen bluer water in our travels, so didn’t stop and explore.
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| Ewor River |
Eton beach is a sandy beach, the Tropical
Postcard cliché, with Palm trees and white soft sand. The wind was blowing, it was cold, and we didn’t stay long.
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| Eton Beach |
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| Eton Beach |
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| Eton Beach |
There is a $Vatu charge is you plan to spend more than 5 minutes at Eton Beach. It is a private beach.
Close to Enam are these beautiful woven homes. Very colourful, but damaged by Cyclone Pam.
On the drive around Efate, we saw several Banyan trees, their root structure is amazing.
The lower Western side of Efate has Coconut Planations. This inspired Quinn to take 29 photos of coconut trees growing in plantations - because he likes coconut trees.
Once past the Coconut plantations, farmland and cattle was the scene until arriving back into Port Vila.
Tighe asked Kaupi if the spiders were poisonous. We had to stop and touch one.
Arrived back at
bustling Port Vila around 4:30ish.
A full day, and more adventures to come. We get to eat snails, bat and pigeon.
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