Landmarks in Vanuatu

Panuatu A-Z G - Galleries, Games, Fishing, Gardens, Gastronomy

A number of art galeries exist, among them the Blong Vanuatu Galery in the numerbatu area, the Michoutouchkine-Pilioko Foundation on Pango Road, the L'Atelier Art Galery. She has a galery in Ellouk (directly at the lagoons of Erakor Wharf and Le Lagon near the Pacific Apartments). Vanuatu's largest game of chance is played on-line with some big gamblers who set up their organizations in Port Vila because of the low taxation system.

You can play off-line games of chance at Club 21 (above at Melanesian), Club Vanuatu (above and below) and Palms Casino at Holiday Inn. Every year there is the Vanuatu Marlin Classic Angling Competition. It is best to go to a place like "The Summit", where there are many samples of native plants.

"A new and wonderful traveler' s paradise with fantastic tropic garden and stunning vistas of Mele Bay and beyond. Follow Devils Point Road and cross across from Benjor Beach Club. There' s no'active' gayscene in Port Vila and no purely homosexual resort, but there' s no such thing as a fag.

Situated in the centre of Melanesia, with Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Isles to the Northeast, Fiji to the Easterly and New Caledonia to the Sutheast. Vanuatu Archipelago is a 1300 km long Y-shaped string of four major isles and 79 smaller ones, 68 of which are populated. Most of the island are mountainous of vulcanic origins (some of the island still have volcanoes) with small coast planes and have a total area of 12200 square km and a total length of 2528 km.

By July 2012, the total resident populace was 256,155, 98% of whom are native Melanesians, the rest are English, French, Vietnamese, Chinese or other Pacific Islanders. It is simple to explore Port Vila and the Efate Islands (whether by rental vehicle, accompanied trip, coach or taxi).

There are airplanes connecting the western isles, but travelling between the two isles is not inexpensive. Busses calculate VT150 for rides anywhere in Port Vila and, while cabs have calculated or fixed charges for certain rides, some riders can arrange a similar price for, say, four persons. In Vila there are many roads without a name and only a few with house numbers.

People use mailboxes for all postal items and it is described where someone resides. Larger woodcarvings (pigs, mask etc.) can be found in stores such as Goodies, Exotic Arts, The Drug Store and Vila Handicrafts. If expats are leaving Vanuatu, they have Go Fini's party and Go Fini's garages for sale.

Holiday Inn and Le Lagon have links to a number of different clubs, but serious players should go to Mele (Port Vila and Country Club). It is interesting to note that the longest fare on an event was one of several kilometers when a football hit the rear windshield of a coach and drove from Mele to Vila.

I' ve got the same point for minibars and have no scruples about cleaning them out and replenishing them after a trip to the liquor stores - apart from the money saved, beating in the stores is a good way to get a "feeling" for a place. Government often come and go to Vanuatu, as it is up to the minister to choose between different sides according to the prevailing policymakers.

Former bookkeeper Charlot Salwai was appointed Prime Minister of Vanuatu on February 11, 2016. The Vanuatu is an autonomous, democratically constituted parliament of 50 members, voted by the electorate every four years. It is chaired by the Prime Minister and chaired by a Council of Ministers appointed by Parliament from among its members.

Its president is appointed by Parliament and the National Assembly for a five-year term. Its Prime Minister and the 12 members of the Ministerial Board supervise the management of the 13 Vanuatu departments. At that time the island was known as the New Hebrides and the system of governance, the "condominium", was called "pandemonium".

Vanuatu's head of state is the president. He is a full member of the British Commonwealth, the French League of Nations, the United Nations, the Agence de Co-operation Culturelle et Technic, the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation (SPEC), the South Pacific Commission, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (based in Port Vila).

Well.... why is Parliament (photo) sometimes referred to as the Pizza Hut? Guides are rather thin for Vanuatu. About half of the volume is located on any island other than Efate, where most tourists stay. The Moon Handbooks South Pacific, authored by David Stanley, is an outstanding handbook, but not commercially available in Australia and New Zealand.

Please see the Vanuatu section of David's website, The South Pacific Organiser.