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| Loltong anchorage, with Maunie and Sel Citron |
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| Village Nakamal (meeting house) - this one a mix of traditional materials and some concrete posts |
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| Inside the nakamal - preparing manioc (a starchy root vegetable) for 'lap-lap', the traditional Ni-Van food (ground manioc and coconut milk baked in an earth oven), whilst a bit of butchery goes on |
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| Mary and friend weaving |
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| Three year old with bush knife - perfectly normal here! |
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| Searching the reef at low tide for clams - fishing, gardening and cooking is a major part of the day for people here |
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| A future meal |
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| A nakamal under construction, utilising old and new timbers |
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| The Loltong 'Yacht Club' set up by the enterprising Mathew and Mary |
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| Mathew inside his Yacht Club |
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| Di buys another bag from Mary |
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| Another 'taster' course at the Yacht Club supper - with Kerry (Sel Citron) and Sarah, Micheal and Elizabeth (Field Trip) |
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| Bwatnapne anchorage |
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| Happy kids who followed us as we walked through the village |
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| A game involving pushing coconut shells on the end of sticks. ???? |
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| A traditional Vanuatu building..... |
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| ... and a very nontraditional one! We couldn't believe our eyes when we saw this being built in a village that otherwise consists of wooden, thatched buildings. It the the dream of two Ni-Van brothers who own a lending society that now has 22 branches across the country. On the ground floor is a supermarket, just opened (we were the first foreigners to shop there), and there will be hotel rooms, a sports arena and a music venue. |
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| Interesting technique to hold the shuttering in place whilst the concrete is poured to form the next wall.. |
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