32 What is there to see in Santo, Vanuatu? Santo Heritage Tours

32 Let's Explore Santo in Vanuatu: Champagne Beach, Port Olry & Nanda Blue Hole
What is there to see in Santo, Vanuatu? Santo Heritage Tours https://wesaidgotravel.com/r20t
Thank you to Santo Heritage Tours for our day exploring with Tok Tok Vanuatu.
Our guide, Samuel, picked us up at Barrier Beach Resort at 10am and we had a fantastic adventure.

There are many coconut plantations and we stopped to savor a fresh coconut with an island straw. In Vanuatu, they use all the parts of the coconut. You can weave a mat or basket with the fronds. You can make a broom. You can start a fire and you can use the trunk for your house. It is the fruit of life because you can walk carrying only coconuts and you can drink and eat from the coconut. The trees can live for 100 years.

Did you know that there are 83 islands, 6 provinces, 115 languages and 40 dialects in Vanuatu? But everyone can tok tok bislama.
Samuel added to my list of words I can speak or tok tok in the local language of Bislama.

E straight no more
Hakuna matata

Me blong United States
I am from usa

You blong what'em island?
Where are you from

What are you going to do today
Me stay no more long house.

Maniam... get attention
..
Me want'em kaikai fish and chips
I want to eat fish and chips
..
Kai Kai e gud way gud
Kai Kai nice way nice
Food was good
 ..
Thank u tumas
Thank you so much

We passed by Riri River where we had already gone by canoe 3km to the Blue Hole.

We saw the road to James Michener’s house where he wrote South Pacific. He lived on an island just off Santo which is now privately and you cannot visit.
There is food growing all over the island like pumpkin and taro and you can make a living fence with banana and papaya trees. There are plantations now of Noni which is used to treat many diseases. I loved seeing all of the Banyan trees.

I absolutely loved swimming at Champagne beach. The stunning white sand and gorgeous area captivated my heart. I wanted to stay all day.

Mandy and I had lunch with a view in Port Olry at Harbor beach view restaurant. I loved the water there too and cannot wait to return.

As we arrived at Nanda or Jackie’s Blue hole, our sunshine turned to liquid sunshine but I went in the clear blue water anyway!

Thank you to Mandy Buttenshaw from DownUnder Journeys for the video and photo assistance and for being a great dive buddy and travel companion. Do you want to travel to Vanuatu? Contact her for the best information on the South Pacific! https://www.downunderjourneys.com/

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October 2019
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