My friend Sam from Vanuatu arrived last Thursday before heading out to her 5 week UK holiday and onwards to her new job in Fiji.
Living in the Pacific has its perks, but one thing it deprives its lucky inhabitants of? SHOPPING. So when an islander lands in civilisation spending money and buying pretty new clothes is priority. so I took her shopping – Bourke Street, DFO, Smith Street Outlets (for her travel gear).
Port Vila, where Sam and I previously lived, is a teeny tiny town with less than a handful of places you can go out to drink. So we took her out to get wasted too.
Madame Brussels -63 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Meyers Place – 20 Meyers Place, Melbourne
An islander might also be in awe of the cityscape. Port Vila, afterall, cannot exactly be described as a metropolis. In the whole country there are only 2 lifts – at the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu and the Sebel Hotel. Skyscrapers are none existent, so we took her around the CBD.
Fed Square, St Kilda Road & SouthBank with views of Eureka Tower, St Paul’s cathedral, Arts Centre & the Yarra
Although Port Vila has alot of French Restaurants, amazingly, it doesn’t have an Italian Restaurant. So we took her to our favourite on Lygon Street.
Il Gusto, 256 Lygon Street, Carlton
So much laughter, silliness and revelry was had with Miss Sam.
An hour before she left for the airport though I sprained my ankle pretty bad. But that story is not getting told here.
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