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After landing in Port Vila and spending a couple of days on EFATE ISLAND, we flew to TANNA. This smaller VANUATU island is known for its untouched NATURE and TRADITIONAL LIFESTYLE of the local population. Many of the island´s residents live in so-called KASTOM VILLAGES where a more modern way of life is intentionally restricted. We booked our accommodation for the first 2 nights in advance and decided to see later what we want to do after.
The ACTIVE VOLCANO Mt. YASUR on TANNA island was one of the main reasons why we eve considered visiting VANUATU. It is one of the most EASILY ACCESSIBLE active volcanoes in the world. And wouldn´t that be great if I could have this experience watching hot lava exploding from craters with Lu next to me? I was convinced. We had to go there during our longer South Pacific trip. And now that we did it, I can only say this really was one of the HIGHLIGHTS of the whole trip.
Fiji was the THIRD COUNTRY on our almost 2 months long trip around SOUTH PACIFIC. One mom and one 6 year old. After visiting friends and family in SINGAPORE and RAROTONGA, Cook islands, we were truly on our own in Fiji. After a couple of days in busy NADI, we sailed over to the YASAWA ISLANDS and chose KUATA island as our last stop, after Drawaqa and Matacawalevu islands.
Fiji was the THIRD COUNTRY on our almost 2 months long trip around SOUTH PACIFIC. One mom and one 6 year old. After visiting friends and family in SINGAPORE and RAROTONGA, Cook islands, we were truly on our own in Fiji. After a couple of days in busy NADI, we sailed over to the YASAWA ISLANDS and chose DRAWAQA island as our first stop. The big YASAWA FLYER boat brought us to MATACAWALEVU afterwards.
Fiji was the THIRD COUNTRY on our almost 2 months long trip around SOUTH PACIFIC. One mom and one 6 year old. After visiting friends and family in SINGAPORE and RAROTONGA, Cook islands, we were truly on our own in Fiji. After a couple of days in busy NADI, we sailed over to the YASAWA ISLANDS and chose DRAWAQA island as our first stop. We had about 2 WEEKS to explore and we decided to visit 3 ISLANDS before it was time to move on to VANUATU.
After my 4th visit to Singapore last year I think I can say I do know the city a little bit. Despite having a reputation of being ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES in the world there are still lots of things to do and places to visit if you are traveling LOW BUDGET. For me, it is a great city worth visiting even if you are not up to spending a fortune. In this post I put together a list of activities, attractions and places in the city that are ABSOLUTELY FREE.
As much as I love going away with Lu, sometimes it just feels good to go somewhere by myself. Okay okay I didn´t go all by myself. I went with the other most important male in my life right now. So Lu stayed at school and I burned all my remaining holiday days from 2018. Yup, there is always a first and so I had quite a couple of those days left. Why Malta? It is south enough to be much warmer than Germany and it seemed like a unique place due to its cultural mix & Arabic influence. And also, because I was never there before. It is always more exciting to go somewhere we´ve never been to before, don´t you think?
During our recent stay in MALTA, we decided to spend one day visiting the tiny COMINO ISLAND, named after the CUMIN SEED that once flourished here. Situated BETWEEN MALTA AND GOZO, the island has only 3 PERMANENT RESIDENTS, so you can imagine how peaceful it is. Well, at It is also a nature reserve with ideal EASY HIKING TRAILS that take you all around the island.
It has been almost a year since LU AND ME flew off to our LONGER SOUTH PACIFIC TRIP, but we can still feel the powerful sun, smell the salty sea, taste the sweet coconuts and hear the waves if we close our eyes. Taking UNPAID LEAVE at my work for 3 months turned out to be a great idea. After almost a month visiting family and friends, skiing and celebrating birthdays back home in SLOVENIA we were more than ready for some fun in the sun, with 14 FLIGHTS and almost 2 MONTHS time. We decided to spend our yet another MOM & SON ADVENTURE between Singapore, Auckland, Cook islands, Fiji and Vanuatu. Here is our travel story.
The title basically says it all, but let me explain. There have been quite a few “new starts” this past year and luckily I can today say with a smile on my face that despite some difficult moments and sleepless nights, those “new starts” definitely paid off. Anyhow, those were far more of a personal nature than I´m willing to share here so let´s just leave it at that.
As for this blog, I somehow felt I should do the same. You know, start over. Time passed by so quick and while being busy with those “new starts” I mentioned above, I realized I have not written anything in about 10 months. It just wasn´t a priority anymore, in fact it was not even remotely close to that.
I guess I needed a break from it. Which is fine – after all, writing a blog should be a fun thing to do and not an obligation of some sort. At least that is how I always looked at it.
I think the break is over now. With all the changes made I´m ready to get back to it. In the past weeks I´ve moved the blog to a new address and gave it a new name, have been updating older posts, adding and deleting photos, changing designs, upgrading plugins, and so on. Those of you who have done the same must know it is not a quick job and I´m still not quite finished yet, but I´m getting there. If you don´t know, the old blog was called “finding Malokoko”. That one is still active until the end of February but I will be deleting the content already before.
Can´t really complain about that. So, here we go, ready for a fresh start, ready to fill you up on our 2018 experiences with new posts, pictures and stories. I will be happy if you stay with us and keep reading : ).
