On arrival this morning into the Vanuatu capital of Port Villa, the four of us got ready to head down to the Palm Court restaurant because we had to get ready early for our shore tour today. We made it down to the tour meeting point at about 9am and was called up soon after, enduring the tropical rain that came in and out over the 15min we waited. Once on the tiny little bus, we got settled in and then began our journey to a beach resort where our kayaking tour was going to take place. Sun screened up and with our hats on (we did Slip, Slop and Slap), we got ready for the kayaks and set off into the water. It was a beautiful journey and once we got to our first stop atop a particularly nice reef spot, some of us went into the water and swam around (others capsized their kayaks and didn't have a choice lol). The second stop was atop an underwater island and again, we all got off the kayaks to swim in the warm waters. We had a brilliant time and it was very relaxing – all we needed was a bit of music and some drinks hahaha.
It was then our time to paddle back to the beach for some coconut drinks, banana and peanuts that were al grown locally and really great food. The nice sea breeze and bright sunshine topped off a great morning over all. The tour bus dropped us back to the ship and we had some lunch in the buffet, as we wanted to come back out to Port Villa since we were told that the duty free shopping here is incredibly cheap. We strolled along a couple stores, just checking out the prices and indeed, there were some items (particularly alcohol and cigarettes that were really cheap). Perfume and other stuff weren’t exactly that cheap either, but I did end up finding some Vera Wang for Men, my favourite eau de toilette, was on sale for 40% off and so the 100ml bottle came to $50 woot! We also ended up getting some alcohol at the store that was the cheapest in Port Villa (pretty much everyone on the ship was getting the maximum limit there). The four of us ended up getting 5 bottles and it was indeed really cheap – the triple distilled Smirnoff I got was $19.
We enjoyed a tropical smoothie at the beach and then came back to the ship to come back into the cabin to ready us for the sailaway. Dinner tonight was tropical island dress themed and everyone had leis, Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts. It was a very carnival like atmosphere and a very enjoyable night. Andrew even got a second birthday cake 2 days late, so that was fun as he got embarrassed when everyone was singing to him for the second time hahaha. Looking forward to Mystery Island tomorrow.
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