Monday, 18 February 2013

My year in pictures

Vanuatu, you have given me some amazing experiences, great life-long friendships and a bank of memories and experiences that will never be forgotten. 

They say a picture tells a thousand words. There aren't enough words to sum up my year in Vanuatu, so I'm hoping some pictures will do a better job.


Fifty two weeks, fifty two photos to illustrate the year that was.

First Vanuatu sunset
My kastom sisters and niece, March 2012
First house
Manbush trek, Easter 2012
Land diving, Pentecost
Windy weather at Seafront
Volcano ash plane, Amb
Rom Danis, Ruan Festival, Ambrym
People come to visit when you live in Vanuatu!
Motivation mobility workshop
Lighting of the torch, Olympics opening ceremony
Mount Yasur Volcano, Tanna
Dancing with the Pikinini, Tanna
Disability Sports Day, Wan Smol Bag
Coconut crab in the kitchen - a gift to my housemate's boyfriend from a village in the Banks
Kayaking fun
Grimace, my wheels for the last 6 months
Port Vila sunset
Working hard
House number two
Delivering equipment in the (wet) dry season
Blue skies and snow-capped mountains - a quick NZ snow change
Iririki Island Resort
Village work, Malekula
Pikinini Group
Wheelchair fitting, Black Sands
Market house, Port Vila

More fun in Pikinini Group
Family time
International Day for People with Disabilities
Pikinini having fun in the solwota, Emua Village
Carols by Candlelight, Tassiriki Island
Quick trip home to Jamberoo for Christmas

Happy New Year! Seafront, Vanuatu
Diving fun
Blue lagoon, Santo
Kava experience
Last house, Pango Village
Pango sunset
More market produce
Mele sunset
VanuaFire Dancers
Favourite toy in Vanuatu - wheel on a stick
Another day in the office, Nguna Island
Donating buggies with the community bus
Fire show with the work crew
Grimace the scooter made it up Klem's Hill
My kastom family, Feb 2013
Baby Rosie, one week old
Last dive
Go Finis
Back on the big island now, ready for new adventures... But always taking fond memories and a little slice of Vanuatu with me wherever I go!