Garden, gossip & review Saturday November 7 2020 Alien hibiscus in my garden I asked Tim to take some pics this morning. I discovered a...

Friday October 2 Hope you’ve had a pleasant week. My week has had its ups and downs. On Monday, Mr A said that Week 9 of this term would...

4.9.20 Jo-tu enters the world This morning, at two minutes past midnight, baby Jo-Ann was born at Puanangisu clinic. I’ve just been to...

Vanuatu celebrated their 40th Independence Day in July 2020 but it was a month of celebration for other reasons too. July 2020 emails to...

Dawn has just dawned. It’s 6 a.m. and I’m sitting in my office surrounded by jungle. The birds chirp and twitter from all angles and the...

We 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...

Jalista 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...

Malowia Guesthouse is a modern, self-contained bungalow with a white sand beach and spectacular views of Nguna and Pele Islands, see...

We’d been in Vanuatu five days and had purchased a car. We were ready to start building the house. Then Joel delivered upsetting news....

‘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...

06:00: There is a cyclone coming. It’s not officially a cyclone until it’s christened, probably later today. It’s busily sucking up warm,...

Life 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...