Just returning to Vanuatu as many of you have asked what is it like after the cyclone...? We wander amidst what used to be a luxury resort. The damaged pandamus leaf roofs look woeful and forlorn. Someone has written the words ' Pam cyclone' beside the door. It makes me smile. Such is the tremendous spirit of the Vanuatu people. They want you to make no mistake the miserable, sorrowful sight is not neglect... Oh no, these two words of explanation ' Pam cyclone' yell proudly 'this is not our norm, nor our reality'... It's sad, but not somehow not depressing. A massive clean-up operation is underway, the sound of chainsaws in action ring out across the islands, and the tourists are slowly coming back. Next door at Brekkas Resort, it appears business as usual The inviting hammocks, gently rocking in the breeze. Waiting, waiting for the tourists to return. The sea is still ridiculously blue, ...
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