| A rare double rainbow |
| While we were anchored in Malua Bay, W Malekula, Kevin and his son David paddled out to meet us |
| The Luganville market with lots of cassava, coconuts, bananas and beets, but not too much else |
| People who can't pay for a market stall under shelter, sell their produce from the curb |
| Kevin's brother, Chevin (!), and his wife Margaret under a plumeria tree |
| Margaret with her latest |
| Kevin eagerly offered to show us around their village next day; David seems not so sure! |
| Kevin with his family in their cooking and eating shed. We presented his pregnant wife with a care package of baby oil, talcum powder, safety pins, and baby wipes! |
| Emily, the kindegarten teacher outside her schoolroom |
| The kinde class! |
| Kevin and Chevin's mother on washing day |
| Village dwellings of woven split bamboo and palm thatch |
| The new church under construction |
| The class of high school girls |
| Emily's father is a master builder |
| A protected nursery plot of cacao seedlings |
| A night of calm before the 28 hour bash to weather back to Port Vila! |
| The elementary class |
| Chevin, a teacher, at home with his kids on their swing |
| Passing south of Ambae Id |
| Nine days after leaving Port Vila we reached the other market town of Luganville |
| Actively volcanic Ambrym Id blocks enough moist air from the east to keep it shrouded in clouds and almost daily showers, even in the dry season |
| In Loltong Bay on Pentecost Id we watched dugongs from deck. Related to manatees, dugongs have thinner more streamlined bodies and deeply forked tails. |
| After Cabaret left for New Caledonia, we set sail N to see the other volcanic islands of Vanuatu |
| The waves were choppy and uncomfortable in the mornings, but with increasing wind became seriously nasty in the afternoons |
| With the weather fine, and hurricane season approaching, we sailed on to OZ. |
| ...and the proud father |
| Her smile says it all. |
| Look who's here to greet us! Claudia and her new baby boy... |