{"id":1377,"date":"2009-08-21T07:05:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T07:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:55:51","slug":"photos-from-port-orly-espritu-santo-and-the-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"Photos from Port Orly (Espritu Santo) and the Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are now in the Surunda anchorage at the southern end of Peterson Bay on Espritu Santo.  We came here because it is fairly close to Luganville and we had to go to Luganville to get a visa extension and renew our &#8220;cruising permit.&#8221;  That has been successfully accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>We have some internet access here and so use this opportunity to post a selection of photos taken at Port Orly on Espritu Santo Island and at Gaua (Santa Maria) Island and Vanua Lava Island in the Banks group of islands.  <\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"View from the beach at Port Orly\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2462\/3841301379_a6e9088389.jpg\" title=\"View from the beach at Port Orly\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the beach at Port Orly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Market House, Port Orly\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2428\/3841301067_b4e4abd71b.jpg\" title=\"Market House, Port Orly\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Market House, Port Orly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"We donated prescription medicine to this clinic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2627\/3841300381_4e8ab73891.jpg\" title=\"We donated prescription medicine to this clinic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">We donated prescription medicine to this clinic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Our chartered pick-up with driver Chief Joseph and his grand-daughter plus our jerry cans and supplies (Oyster Island)\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3509\/3842085176_1867969518.jpg\" title=\"Our chartered pick-up with driver Chief Joseph and his grand-daughter plus our jerry cans and supplies (Oyster Island)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our chartered pick-up with driver Chief Joseph and his grand-daughter plus our jerry cans and supplies (Oyster Island)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"With Karin of Intiaq in Port Orly\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3507\/3841294097_52a31951e3.jpg\" title=\"With Karin of Intiaq in Port Orly\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With Karin of Intiaq in Port Orly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Laura causes a sensation in the school yard\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3523\/3841302485_083f4f6fba.jpg\" title=\"Laura causes a sensation in the school yard\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura causes a sensation in the school yard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Catching sardines, Port Orly\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3552\/3842095616_b0eafd839b.jpg\" title=\"Catching sardines, Port Orly\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catching sardines, Port Orly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sardines,Port Orly\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2507\/3842096028_6d2e70f603.jpg\" title=\"Sardines,Port Orly\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sardines,Port Orly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fisherman makes Laura a gift\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2460\/3842096948_4574a6bf27.jpg\" title=\"Fisherman makes Laura a gift\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fisherman makes Laura a gift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Making watermusic, Lacona Bay, Gaua Island\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2661\/3842088544_3dcb3baa57.jpg\" title=\"Making watermusic, Lacona Bay, Gaua Island\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Making watermusic, Lacona Bay, Gaua Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Children watch watermusic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2462\/3842089566_740de036fc.jpg\" title=\"Children watch watermusic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children watch watermusic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chief Nixon, Waterfall Bay, Vanua Lava Island\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3492\/3841298921_54eec1d7e1.jpg\" title=\"Chief Nixon, Waterfall Bay, Vanua Lava Island\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Nixon, Waterfall Bay, Vanua Lava Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chief Nixons wife\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2537\/3841299243_aa1816c569.jpg\" title=\"Chief Nixons wife Linda\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Nixon&#39;s wife Linda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two of Chief Nixons children\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3512\/3841300007_b75bfab68b.jpg\" title=\"Two of Chief Nixons children\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two of Chief Nixon&#39;s children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are now in the Surunda anchorage at the southern end of Peterson Bay on Espritu Santo. We came here because it is fairly close to Luganville and we had to go to Luganville to get a visa extension and renew our &#8220;cruising permit.&#8221; That has been successfully accomplished. We have some internet access here &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=1377\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Photos from Port Orly (Espritu Santo) and the Banks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-vanuatu-2009"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}