We went around Erakor Lagoon with kayaks. We took them in areas that had hundreds of mangrove trees growing along the water shore. We saw a lot of creatures like crabs, fish, starfish, jelly fish, spiders in trees and birds.
The snorkelling was excellent. We saw many different kinds of fish and coral.
Hideaway Island also has the world's only underwater post office. The post office is under the floating dock in this picture and is 9 feet under water. People mail waterproof postcards.
The President of Vanuatu attended the soccer game. He shook hands with all the players. He sat four rows in front of us in the grand stand. In this picture he is the man in the middle of the photo with a beard and glasses. A personal body goard was sitting right behind him. Everyone in this area had their bags checked for weapons before entering.
On November 17, 2007 I saw a World Cup qualifier soccer game in Port Vila. It was Vanuatu against the New Zealand All Whites. Vanuatu players have the yellow, red and green shirts. New Zealand players have white shirts.
During World War 2 the Americans sent about 100,000 soldiers to Vanuatu. They set up military bases on the islands of Efate and Santo.
On the northern part of Efate we saw a plane wreck from the 1940s. This plane crashed because it ran out of fuel. There are other plane and ship wrecks also.