Vanuatu General Update 28 September 2017.

The Chimere has left Luganville, Santo Island and sailed past Ambae Island (the one that is in the news and the active volcano). Towards the south end of Maewo Island by the village of Asanvari.  They are off the grid so there is no cell phone or internet available.

Here is a map with the Chimeres location Thursday night. They are moored of the coast by Asanvari village on Maewo Island. Ambae Island is the island to the left of Asanvari Village

Meanwhile life goes on in Vila.  I met up with two doctors that were on the Chimere (they left the Chimere in Sola and flew back to Vila) and were on their way back to Australia  I had lunch with them on Tuesday, it was good to catch up with them and find out a bit more about the Chimere and their travels.

The photo left to right Dr Graeme Duke, his wife Sue and their son Dr Jeremy Duke. Sue had flown up from Australia to spend a few days in Vila with Graeme and Jeremy.

Meanwhile I am encouraging some local motorbike riders to take up trials. They are living in Vanuatu, and they are all enduro riders. So it will be a bit of a change in approach from the faster enduros to the more trickier skill of mototrials. There are two trials bikes in Vanuatu, (both Spanish Shercos for you in the know) with a third (a Yamaha TY350)  being repaired so not actually working. On Thursday a few of us went out to check out a property beside the Vila Airport where we will hold the first trial in Vanuatu this Saturday. We will call the trial the first round of the Vanuatu Trials Championship (no point fluffing around may as well start out big) . We hope to get 6 to 8 riders competing on Saturday. We will share the two Shercos.  Here are some of the areas we are looking at for sections.  All very dry, with some sharp coral rock.

When we left the sun was setting, again the sky was beautiful

This morning I went down to the town to buy some work boots (for the trial, they wont be as good as motorbike boots, but they will suffice) and looked out at the beautiful view over the harbour and the beautiful waters of Port Vila