Before we go into the details of how people live here I just have to say "We caught a gigantic Dorado today!", and wonderful Shannon wound the Dorado in for what seemed like 10 minutes! It was HUGE!
Back to the reason for the email.
Vanuatun's typically wake up with the sun as they have no lights. They get a fire going, as they have no stoves as we think of them. They cook over an open fire inside a separate building that they call their kitchen. (Not sure it it is separate so that if it burns they don't lose everything). Their bathrooms are also separate from their homes in little 4' x 4' outhouses. After a breakfast of bananas and roots, and maybe some type of bread they head off to their gardens. Every family has a garden where they grow everything that they eat.
By early afternoon everyone is back from the gardens which are typically up in the mountains where the ground is very fertile, and there is more rain. A 1 to 2 hour walk in not unusual.
The houses are made with bamboo walls, and palm leaf roofs. The floors are typically dirt with woven palm mats for sleeping on. There are no walls in the houses, and everyone just sleeps together on the floor. And as there are no lights people typically go to bed fairly early.
There is plenty of land here for everyone, and most of the tiny villages are just composed of an extended family with everyone related. When they marry the woman moves into the mans village.
Wonderful people! Living a very simple life.
I have been told twice that if I would like to live there, I can have land and would be more than welcome! Maybe someday!
Courage
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