Sunday was our day to explore the island a bit. We dedicated most of the day travelling around the coast of Efate island. And I’ll be honest, I’m struggling to remember much of it. I do recall us travelling through a little bit of a forest, near the southern end where the road peels away from the coast. I recall us visiting Emua, and also of some interesting hills we had to drive through near the north west.
I also recall long stretches of the road being quite, for lack of a better word, “rural”. There may have been a house or two, but there were stretches of the drive with no-one living close by. Not that this was unique to Vanuatu, but looking through the photos as I write this, trying to jog my memory, it’s something that stood out.
I don’t remember where we had lunch. I do remember this being the first time I ever drove a left-hand drive car. Kinda feel for those windscreen wipers that I accidentally turned on when I wanted to use the indicators.
One thing I do remember was visiting a small World War II museum. It featured a small collection of artefacts from various Pacific sorties that were found on the island, plus a few other places. I wouldn’t call it a comprehensive museum: more like a shed with someone’s personal collection of things left behind. But hey, it was somewhere to visit.
We explored a few other areas around Port Villa when we returned then parked the car and went to dinner. Dinner was a Chinese restaurant which was just across the road from the hotel. I recall us staying quite late there (I think the meals were a little slow) but the food was nice enough.
