To Lakatoro 1

mosquito bites: 4
flee bites: 3
bites, origin as yet unidentified (possibly tigers, baby tarantulas or mutant koalas): 3

Dear friends,

It has been nearly two weeks since my last post. Let me try and bring you up-to-date a little on my move from Port Vila to Lakatoro, my home for the next two years.

On 8 August Joyce and Karen drove me to the Port Vila domestic airport where I boarded a tiny plane. The interior looked more like a very small city bus, seating only twenty people, some of which on the pilots lap - or so it seemed. Because the plane was so small not only the luggage, but everything that was to go on the plane had to be weighed. So at check-in every passenger had to get on the scales holding their hand luggage in order to determine their weight - a first for me!