Cunard eat ya heart out - This is the cruise to go on. Depart Santo 20.30 arrive Pentecost Island 16.00 the next day. It's cheap and cheerful but the accomodation is a little spartan, in fact it's any bit of floor you can lie on once the cargo is loaded. Cava, fuel oil, live stock, tins of spam (they love their spam), in fact anything you like gets around the islands on a number of cargo boats. We fancied a change so hopped on. Great experience, watching the islands slip by. Pulling into tiny drop off points along the way, the crew forming a human chain to load and unload. The islanders light a small fire when they see the boat, the Captain sees some smoke and despatches a small outboard to pick up !
Grabbing a brew from the galley we sit lookin over the side of the boat, flying fish darting out of the water and flying off in every direction !
Come on Diane, I'm sure we will have a hot shower in our cabin :)
cava roots
BED
We wave good bye to the boat and make our way up to the Catholic mission to try and blag a bed for the night :)
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