Its Official: Live in Paradise On A Tropical Island Getaway In Opulent Luxury
Posted on May 22, 2009 by admin in Health, Politics, Travel, Vanuatu
I’m Dr. Wendy Stenberg-Tendys and I’ve discovered how great it is to live on a tropical island in the South Pacific (voted the Happiest Country On Earth in 2006). I’m offering you the opportunity to win your own piece of paradise (a million dollar tropical island getaway) so you too can live out of the [...]
The Best Job In The World Still Up For Grabs
Posted on May 11, 2009 by admin in Society, Vanuatu
The British Charity Fundraiser and adventurer, Ben Southall, recently won the Best-Job-In-The-World Competition. This gave him a six-month contract to be the manager of the tourist attraction, Hamilton Island, in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Ben got his fifteen minutes of fame, plus a salary of $150,000. He gets to live in a three-bedroomed [...]
How To Elope Tropical Island Style
Posted on March 2, 2009 by admin in How To, Vanuatu
In an attempt to increase the number of tourists to the Cook Islands, a recent press release made false claims “The Cook Islands is the ultimate wedding and honeymoon destination, as unlike other South Pacific countries which require a 30 day wait, it allows couples to marry after only three days in the region. For [...]
Distressed Parents And Stranded Coconut Crabs
Posted on February 1, 2009 by admin in Environment, Vanuatu
Voted the Happiest Country on Earth in 2006, Vanuatu has a crisis in the far north of its tropical islands. Parents and their live coconut crabs are left stranded as the only airline servicing the Torres Island area, refuse to carry the live crabs. Villagers have been traveling to the airfield for the once-a-week flight, [...]
First Student Receives High School Education Grant In Vanuatu
Posted on January 28, 2009 by admin in Vanuatu
Twelve year old Maimona is the first student to receive a high school education grant from YouMe Support Foundation. Maimona is the third child in a four child family. Education in the tropical islands of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, are not free and only 18% of students got to go through high school. Maimona [...]
The Dream Destinations
Posted on January 20, 2009 by admin in Travel, Vanuatu
The Swedish people are known worldwide for their discerning and innovative lifestyle. In a recent survey thirty thousand readers of Aftonbladet, the biggest evening tabloid in Sweden, voted the South Pacific the ‘hottest dream destination in the world’ . Maldives came in second with an African Safari third. Now everyone has a dream of that [...]
Exotic Tropical Islands Of The South Pacific
Posted on January 7, 2009 by admin in Travel, Vanuatu
With long haul travel no longer such an attractive option for Australian and New Zealand residents, due to the world financial crisis, it is time to turn and take a birds-eye view at the largely under-sung tropical island South Pacific nations, as the preferred adventure travel destination of 2009. Each tropical island has its own [...]
Village Children Looking Back
Posted on November 20, 2008 by admin in Vanuatu
Children from a local village, on the tropical island of Vanuatu, recently enjoyed a ‘Black Islands Custom and Conflict’ black and white photographic exhibition held, in the Cultural Center, Port Vila. The exhibition of black and white photographs is part of the collection taken by the world renowned Australian photo-journalist, Ben Bohane. Ben has sensitively [...]
Tropical Islands Waiting For Their American Messiah
Posted on November 20, 2008 by admin in Vanuatu
Lying in the shadow of the live volcano, Mt Yasur, in Sulphur Bay, on the remote tropical island of Tanna, Vanuatu, is the home of the ‘Jon Frum’ movement. This is one of the only remaining ‘cargo’ cults left in the world. It was formed when ‘John from America’, supposedly an American medic, literally dropped [...]
Local Headmaster Unable To Continue Education
Posted on November 20, 2008 by admin in Vanuatu
On the tiny tropical island of Vanuatu, a local headmaster, Alick Garae, has been given a Blue Moon Opportunity, (one that will change a lot of lives), in being unexpectedly accepted by the Fulton College in Fiji, to study for his Primary School Bachelor Degree. However, it appears that due to lack of funds, Alick [...]
