Lest you, our gentle readers, think that our Vanuatu travels were full of nothing but erupting volcanos, amazing shipwreck dives, rainforest cave spelunking, and crazy land-diving locals, we thought we should mention the other side of our time on the islands. This is the aspect of our travel adventures that rarely gets documented on our blog because, well, it’s kinda boring. It’s when the glamour of international travel gives way to monotony, frustration, and the daily annoyances of being on the road. It’s when we start fantasizing about being back in our own home, eating a Mission burrito, and not having to worry about drinking out of the tap or where our passport currently is. It’s when we want to be anywhere but where we currently are.
Part of the reason we don’t mention this side of our trip very often is because we don’t want to seem like we’re whining. We know how lucky we are to be able to do a big trip like this, and we don’t want to be whiny babies about the occasional day or two that isn’t full of (to quote my first entry on this blog) unicorns and rainbows. But… we thought it would be good to occasionally call out these episodes of travel blues since they are a very real part of our trip. We had one of these days while we were on Tanna, when a combination of three weeks of battling heat and humidity, compromised immune systems, and the glacial pace of island time nearly got the better of us. I pulled out our Flip video that day so I could capture us in the midst of our travel malaise, and we thought we’d share our little film with all of you now. Enjoy!
Oh, and for the record, I don’t actually have any of the diseases mentioned in the clip. :)