Jo Kafer Jun 6, 20207 min readNo-nos & chook-bum-mouthsWe got one dead in the village. This is how Mr Alick, the Class 5 teacher announced that one of the village chiefs had passed away. It...
Jo Kafer Apr 19, 20206 min readDIY seafood plattersJalista turned one last week. She was born on the back of a truck at the Tagabe roundabout in Vila. Her mum, Lewi had been staying in...
Jo Kafer Mar 22, 20206 min readCovid19 & Vanuatu 22.03.20There were no confirmed cases in Vanuatu as of March 19th. On March 20th it was announced that a man who just arrived from France, had...
Jo Kafer Mar 13, 202013 min readTop spots in Efate, VanuatuMalowia Guesthouse is a modern, self-contained bungalow with a white sand beach and spectacular views of Nguna and Pele Islands, see...
Jo Kafer Feb 23, 20207 min readBoundary Bugger-upsWe’d been in Vanuatu five days and had purchased a car. We were ready to start building the house. Then Joel delivered upsetting news....
Jo Kafer Feb 11, 20206 min readFord Rocks in Vanuatu!‘11/02/20, 06:00AM Tropical Cyclone Uesi Cat 2, centre left of B8. Mov S/SW past 6 hrs. Moderate rainfall over Vanuatu, very rough seas...
Jo Kafer Feb 8, 20203 min readThe Bonne Annee Singers of Ekipe‘Oli man kam sing sing Bonne Annee tudei blong haos blong Jo-Ann mo Apu Tim,’ announced Silas on the day we’d returned from Australia in...
Jo Kafer Feb 8, 20209 min readFlying Cows and Coconut Palms06:00: There is a cyclone coming. It’s not officially a cyclone until it’s christened, probably later today. It’s busily sucking up warm,...
Jo Kafer Jan 27, 20207 min readGoing Bananas! Life in VanuatuLife is short and you only get one go at it. Some of us dream of different ways of living. Choose a dream that sings to your soul and...
Jo Kafer Jan 26, 20206 min readEveryday water problems in VanuatuIt’s a glorious Sunday morning here. The jungle is glistening in the sunlight, rinsed earlier by a passing shower just before sunrise....
Jo Kafer Jan 16, 20205 min readRoast Pork & How The Pig Got its TesticlesStaff and students from Menindee in outback Australia spent time at Ekipe Centre School before heading back to Bethel Garden Restaurant...
Jo Kafer Jan 14, 20202 min readJungle food, Friendly Spiders and Banyan TreesOn the way to the Banyan tree, Silas and the boys harvested manioc. Joel found a pawpaw and whipped out his trusty bushknife to prepare...
Jo Kafer Jan 14, 20201 min readMagic Leaf Magic - VanuatuStudents and staff of Menindee Central School travelled 4000 km from their remote outback town in Australia to stay in a village at Ekipe...
Jo Kafer Jan 13, 20201 min readWelcome to the Jungle; Bethel VillageStudents and staff from Menindee Central School in outback Australia came to spend three days at Bethel village in rural Vanuatu. Bethel...
Jo Kafer Jan 13, 20201 min readMenindee students visit Vanuatu - Honeymoon BeachYear 12 students from the outback town of Menindee, NSW, Australia chose to come to Vanuatu in September 2019. They spent the first few...
Jo Kafer Jan 10, 20205 min readMeet The FamilyI first met The Family in 2006. I’d visited Vanuatu earlier that year, staying in mainstream resorts. After that first trip I couldn’t...