About the weather

Here's a Vanuatu weather site that's been recommended:
http://www.meteo.gov.vu/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

This one looks pretty cool too:
https://www.windy.com/?-17.733,168.317,5

I mentioned yesterday we were evacuated because of a possible cyclone. The key word here is possible. They use odd language to describe how it develops. "The system is decreasing in disorganization" or something like that was used. An experienced PCV here told us that was bad, because it meant instead of being a bunch of disorganized clouds and wind, the storm was shaping into something, namely a big spinning funnel.

Also, only the PCTs were evacuated. The PCVs are all still in place. If there was pending doom, everyone would be gone. As PCTs, we're very green and honestly just liabilities for the villagers hosting us, so it is better not tot take chances and get us out before a cyclone comes (if it does).

Lastly, we're past the end of the cyclone season, and it is unlikely this will develop into something serious. But it is weather, so who knows?

The weather here is hot, and this is the cool season. People who have found it too warm so far may have a really tough time in the summer. In the afternoon all you want to do is nap. People take a lot of naps here, "smol silip" (small sleep) they call it. I tried to describe what a cat nap was, but I don't think I was successful. I was able to convey "fussy baby" though, and they liked that one and started using it. But think about if you get up at 5 am, make a fire, cook everything by hand, and do a bunch of other manual chores, all in a cruelly humid environment. A nap (sometimes it isnt even a nap, you just lay down) at 10am starts to make more sense.

We did have a couple nights of rain, nothing serious, just rain. That brought the frogs out. They sounded like purring chickens. Amazing how frogs around the world all sound different.

A breeze is.the most wonderful thing.

A fellow PCT said she keeps a gratitude journal every day. She writes down 5 things, at least, every day. The idea is that the first 3 come easily and you have to think a little more for the other two. I have been thinking of things, but haven't written any down yet. As of this morning, I'd write: I am grateful for the bountiful Holiday Inn Resort of Port Vila. That covers a lot.