Good friends Wilf and Sue arrived for a two week holiday in late April. It was great to have them on board and show them some of the local attractions. For Wilf, one these was the canvass chair on the veranda that looks over the farm to the Pacific Ocean to the east. They both acclimatised well to the slow tempo and were soon the very picture of relaxation.

One trip is covered in the next blog: “Land Diving on Pentecost Island”. Another was to the Aore Island Resort where lunch was followed by pampering for the girls and snorkelling for Wilf (I was back in the office).

On their last Friday I needed to work up in Port Olry so we all went up and checked in to Chez Louis, our second home. Wilf was on the look out for turtles – photo right. There was snorkelling, walking, experiments with cocktails. Dinner was a real experience of Vanuatu. Louis and his wife returned much later than expected in the evening …… and she is the chef. Son Silva confessed to limited cooking ability but to his credit, knocked out some excellent kumara chips and mounted these with a fried egg. Anywhere else this might have caused concern but here, the sand does not run smoothly through the egg timer, it is for lying down on.

Breakfast was a simpler affair, with fruit, coffee and toast set up on our veranda – photo on the right. Sitting in the slanting morning sun, squinting out through the coconut grove towards the sea and a nearby island – a good way to start another day in paradise.

All too soon it was time for them to leave but not before they treated us to a fine meal out at Village de Santo’s Restaurant 1606 – see photo below. The sharp of eye may spot the themed attire of the two gents.