Vanuatu
Because we built a deadline to finish the house around getting the carpet installed, we decided to celebrate by heading to Vanuatu for a couple of weeks. My chum is living there at the moment, and her neighbour offered up their vacant house for us to stay in.
![The airport, with both planes present at the same time!](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i092f1f44d75a1d93/version/1420620394/image.jpg)
![My chum Charlottes house. We were next door](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i0c4ef2049279b939/version/1420620445/image.jpg)
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!["Our place"](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/if1d9ed1c5f18e4cb/version/1420620541/image.jpg)
![Pretty good spot](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/ic3b586c93b151644/version/1420620598/image.jpg)
![The 'Mama's" food market](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/id4a374abbc91c6e8/version/1420620671/image.jpg)
![No 5 cent plastic bags here](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i4e3bf5764fea584c/version/1420620731/image.jpg)
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![Another tough day](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i8178c83840910553/version/1420620842/image.jpg)
![And another](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/ic55313d22d67e8a8/version/1420620888/image.jpg)
![Not even photoshopped](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i899240ff5856df92/version/1420620937/image.jpg)
![Pretty good view from the restaurant](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/if53bdddba7b9e699/version/1420621007/image.jpg)
![All the families have dogs that guard the kids while they play on the beach unsupervised. They take it pretty seriously, even when they go out surfing](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/ida0a04eaef503a53/version/1420621151/image.jpg)
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![The blue lagoon](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/ic2f45c4218977102/version/1420621323/image.jpg)
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![Different day, different beach](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i6e531adfe29731e9/version/1420621427/image.jpg)
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![One of the posh resorts. $1000 per night. No better than our place!](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i1c03fbcf500ebb2a/version/1420621537/image.jpg)
![During our drive around the island](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i0ffe1161a2bae8d7/version/1420621597/image.jpg)
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It was a really relaxing time. Just what we needed.