We had big plans for our first day off and happily achieved them all!
My day started with a canoe around the lagoon followed by a lovely breakfast.
After a lazy morning we were off for 2 hours of relaxation at Lotus Spa where the lovely Ni-Van girls worked their magic on our tired shoulders, necks and arms...a week of multiple extractions had left the dentists physically strained! Staff at local shops have noticed our Rotary VTT t-shirts during the week and we have picked up loads of new patients for the clinic. The owner of the spa was really impressed with the work we have been doing and presented us with a voucher for another half hour massage to use next week. It's little things that make us realise how much our being here means to people.
Our bus driver Eddie and his mate Pascall picked us up and shipped us off to the Mele waterfalls about 15 minutes out of Vila. We walked 20 minutes uphill to the start of the waterfall then followed a track upstream to the base of the falls. The scenery was breathtaking and we jumped in for an amazing swim. A little fresh but perfectly invigorating.
Mele Cascades
Numbawan (Bislama for number one!) team
We then headed back to Mele township where we caught a little water taxi over to Hideaway Island. The sun was going down but we snuck in for a quick snorkel and even managed to post a few cards off in the underwater post box. To all of you awaiting these I think we might arrive home before they do! We were in time for the ever important happy hour and indulged in a Mango daiquiri before a beachside BBQ.
Alicia looking pretty in the sunset at Hideaway Island
The days have been long, the work hard but moments like these come but once in a lifetime and make us feel so lucky to be here.
Michelle
We are lucky that you are there and so are the people of Vanuatu!
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