The island of Espiritu Santo (more commonly known as “Santo”) is Vanuatu’s largest island. It is a SCUBA mecca for divers around the world and for good reason – one of the world’s top dive wrecks (SS President Coolidge) is within easy shore access. Originally, we weren’t planning to dive in Santo at all but…Continue reading Vanuatu – Espiritu Santo
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Vanuatu – Pentecost
Land diving, Pentecost. Ever since we heard about the birthplace of bungee jumping, we wanted to check it out firsthand. That was how our trip to Vanuatu was hatched. The problem with seeing land diving is that it only occurs during a small window of opportunity each year, specifically when the liana vines have enough…Continue reading Vanuatu – Pentecost
Vanuatu – Efate
We spent a week lounging on Vanuatu’s 3rd largest island of Efate. The national capital city of Port Vila can be found on the south coast, and we flew into its petite international airport at Bauerfield. Our original plan only had us in Port Vila for a few days but with Air Vanuatu’s ever fluctuating…Continue reading Vanuatu – Efate
Fiji – Viti Levu (Pacific Harbour & Suva)
The main island of Viti Levu hosted our last few days in Fiji. We stayed at a lovely villa in trendy Pacific Harbour, which touts itself as Fiji’s adventure capital. 15 years ago, we dove Beqa Lagoon with Aqua-Trek which was a thrilling shark dive. Based on the rumors that the shark dive was even…Continue reading Fiji – Viti Levu (Pacific Harbour & Suva)
Fiji – Taveuni
The island of Taveuni is known as the “Garden Island” of Fiji. We spent 10 days here and are happy to report that Taveuni lived up to its very high expectations. We booked all 3 bures at the petite Makaira Resort in Matei to host our family reunion which was a great choice because the…Continue reading Fiji – Taveuni