Da går dag nr 2 i Port Vila mot slutten. Vi startet dagen med en god frokostbufeè før vi fikk bestilt oss en taxi inn til sentrum som kun er 5 km unna. Vi trengte å få kjøpt et simkort slik at vi har telefon dekning her nede pluss mobildata for internett.
Day nr 2 in Port Vila is now soon over. We started the day with a really good breakfast before we ordered a taxi that would take us into town. This was about a 5 km drive. We needed to buy a Simcard so that we could get a phonesignal and internet.
Taxisjåføren fra hotellet presenterte seg som Mitchel og kunne fortelle oss masse om Port Vila hele veien til Digicel butikken i sentrum. Der ble han med inn i butikken for å hjelpe oss. Etterpå kjørte han oss opp til Port Vila museum. Idet vi setter oss i taxien begynner sjåføren og le når han ser oss i speilet. Vi driver begge to å tar på oss setebeltet. Så sier han «Here in Vanuatu, we don`t use Seatbelts»
The taxodriver presented himself as Mitchel and he told us a lot about Port Vila and Vanuatu in general on this short ride. He even went in with us to the Digital store to help us with the Simcard. Afterwards he drove us to the Port Vila Museum. When we sat down in the taxi the driver looks in the mirror and laughs at us. We were trying to put on our seatbelt. He laughs hard and says «guys, here in Vanuatu we don`t use a seatbelt».
Christoffer har tatt med seg en drone som han trenger en godkjenning for å bruke, og det kunne man få I bygget ved siden av museumet. Det trodde vi ihvertfall. Idet vi skal ut av taxien spør ,, om vi skal besøke museumet. Christoffer forteller hva han skal, og mannen begynner bare å le og svarer «no man, here in you don`t need a permit. You can just drive the drone everywhere you want. Don`t listen to what the rules says because nobody is following them anyway. We take care of each other like a family and live like a community. I would love to take you somewhere tomorrow to fly your drone».
Så da droppet vi å betale masse penger for en godkjenning og tuslet derfor ned igjen til sentrum av Port Vila.
Christoffer has brought his drone with him. We saw online that he needed a permit to be able to drive it on Vanuatu and that was why we needed to visit the building next to the museum. The taxi driver wondered if we were going to buy tickets for the museum ,but when Christoffer told him what were going to do, he laughed again. «o man, here in you don`t need a permit. You can just drive the drone everywhere you want. Don`t listen to what the rules says because nobody is following them anyway. We take care of each other like a family and live like a community. I would love to take you somewhere tomorrow to fly your drone».
I sentrum av Port Vila er det et stort marked hvor de selger masse grønnsaker og frukt. Det kommer selgere fra mange av øyene i området og det er åpent 24 timer i døgnet. Vi visste ikke hva halvparten av grønnsakene var en gang, men utrolig morsom opplevelse å gå blant alle de lokale som også handler og kikker.
In the central of Port Vila there is a big open marked where they sell both vegetables and fruits. There is a lot of people who comes from the islands around Efate to sell there vegetables and fruit and they keep the marked open 24/7. We did not know what half of the things on the marked was, but it was really fun to walk around with the locals.
Etter turen i Port Vila sentrum tar vi taxi tilbake på hotellet. Været idag har vært overskyet og det har blåst en del. Derfor har vi bare sittet litt på solsenger å lest/sett på film, tatt en drink i bare, gått litt rundt på hotellområdet, kikket litt i vannkanten etter fisk osv.
After the trip to Port Vila centrum, we took the taxi back to the hotel. The weather today has been windy and overclouded, so we have just been sitting at the sunbeams reading, watching a movie, taken a drink at the bar and relaxed.
Vi har spist brødmat til middag og kvelds idag, sier vi god natt! Imorgen venter blue lagoon!
We ate some food at the room before going to bed!Tomorrow, the blue lagoon awaits!