Not much been happening over the last few days. The weather has turned and it's been windy and a bit rainy. The other night on the beach was miserable. We got there ok but walking back along the beach it started to pour down and we had to walk about 7 km in the pissing rain. The mud here is like cement so we were carrying extra kilos on our feet. AND, we didn't even see any turtles. Not funny. I've decided to leave Vanuatu early. I can't stand being this dirty a...

Tuesday 1st December So, I've survived a week, and what a week it's been! It's been interesting, challenging, fun, terrifying, frustrating and hell - all at the same time! I've been eaten alive by mozzies despite dousing myself in repellent and being really careful. Our project manager had some spare mozzie nets so I found a great one that goes over the posts on my bed and makes me feel like a princess rather than the cocooned caterpillar I was the first few nig...

Where are the Turtles? On Tuesday got cab to Wan Smolbag ("one small bag"!) which was our meeting point for the project. Due to meet at 9am; nothing happened til 10.30am! Island time! Were invited to go and watch some filming of "Love Patrol" - it's the 3rd series of a very popular drama/soap opera. A lot of the actors are famous across the region as it's aired in Fiji, PNG and on Maori TV. The director, a Brit, Peter, is one of the founders ...