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Miscellaneous Vanuatu Part 1

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Photos that didn't fit anywhere else Morning assembly at Tassiriki Primary School.  Even in the morning, the sun is strong and everyone stays in the shade. A man fixing a fishing net Andrew's cat keeps a watchful eye on his store every night.  Lights -> Insects -> Chameleons -> Cat. An eight year old holding a wasps nest.  There are live wasps crawling around on it.  He said they don't sting.  Also notice his Ray-Ban knock-offs.  I have the same ones, which can be had for 400vt ($4) in Vila.  Most of us take the sticker off the lens, but you do you, brother. Panadol (ibufrofen), a flashlight ("torch") and toilet paper.  And that spider.  They're common, fast and harmless.  Anyway, this is what it looked like when I got up to go to the toilet and reached for my flashlight. When you buy local food (island kakae), like the papaya and taro shown here, it is served on a banana leaf.  I bought this at a nakamal (kava bar).  Nak