Vanuatu – the end

So I’m taking a break from exploring possible flights to the US for my annual FPS trip to finish off this blog. We’re on the flight home from Brisbane and the WiFi is working at the moment. We should be good until we cross the bight – we usually lose some of the satellite at that point. I’m in 4A and there’s nobody in 4B which is always nice. I do prefer aisle but 4A was what was available so I took what I could get. I have been lucky this trip with generally good leg room and space even flying economy for 3 of the legs.

The final instalment in my Vanuatu holiday. I woke up about 8 as check out time is 10 so I knew I might have to be out of the room by then. As always (as I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts) it always seems to take ages for me to pack when I’m leaving somewhere, but with a few breaks etc I was done by about 9.45. I went to the bar to pay my bill (all my cocktails, meals etc had just been charged to my room). I then asked about leaving my room but they said I could stay until I left for the airport at 11.30 which I was very grateful for. I went back to the room and had a short rest/nap til about 10.30. After much debating I decided I did want a final swim in the ocean so I went for a ten minute swim / ten minute sunbathe to finish my trip. I went back to my room, showered go organised and the same guy who took me on the tour drove me to the airport. From there you know what happened from the intro to one of my earlier posts today so with those intros you’re up to date.

It was a fun trip and it was relaxing so I did enjoy it. There was of course the tension I mentioned earlier of exploring vs relaxing, Overall it was also pretty reasonably priced, the points reward flights made a big difference. There was definitely more I could have done of Efate – I didn’t make it to hideaway island or do any snorkelling and I think I would have liked to do the hot springs and maybe visit a village. It sounds like the other islands of Espiritu Santo and Tanna are definitely worth doing but you have to go via Efate. So if I was to go again, which I hope to maybe I could have a few days in Port Vila to do that unfinished business and then some time on Tanna and Santo for new experiences. They’re my thoughts for now and dinner is being served so time to put this away for now.

P.S. That’s amazing. I actually blogged a whole trip and finished before I landed back in Perth. Maybe there’s hope for future trips.