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The Pacific’s forgotten slave trade

April 1, 2020September 20, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Australia, blackbirding, Port Vila, slave trade, slavery, Tanna, Vanuatu

It’s Australia’s shameful secret: A human trade in which tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders were kidnapped as labour for Queensland’s sugar plantations. Their descendants’ calls for an apology have so far fallen on deaf ears.

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Vanuatu in pictures

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 pdg 0 Comments Ambrym, Efate, Maskelyne Islands, Port Vila, Tanna, Vanuatu

Vibrant coral reefs, lush rainforests, other-worldly landscapes created by active volcanoes, extraordinary homegrown religions untouched by missionaries, and some of the happiest people on Earth – welcome to Vanuatu.

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Twin peaks: Walking Vanuatu’s volcanoes

May 17, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Ambrym, hiking, Vanuatu, volcano

Craters of boiling lava, lush rainforest, bizarre landscapes and charming Ni-Van guides make the walk over Ambrym’s twin volcanoes one of the best overnight hikes in the Pacific.

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The tree houses of Tanna

May 7, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Mt Yasur, Tanna, tree house, Vanuatu, volcano

On the island of Tanna, in Vanuatu, you can stay in a tree house overlooking a live volcano.

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Kia ora and welcome to Ramblings, a random collection of travel yarns, stories and photographs by Peter de Graaf. I’m a reporter and occasional travel writer based in Kerikeri, a small town in New Zealand’s Far North. Read more...

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WEIRD TRAVEL

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