First Glimpse of Yasur the User- Friendly Volcano -well, most of the time anyway. In local folklore Yasur is the resting place of the souls of the dead I am now on the island of Tanna - far to the south of Efate and considerably cooler, to see "the world's most accessible volcano." I flew this time, unwilling to spend more time waiting around or suffering long, miserable trials by water. Besides, by the time you add in the additional accommodation costs, flying probably works out cheaper. Tanna is one of the larger more fertile islands and apart from the volcano, is famous for it's coffee and wild horses. Passing by on the way to The Jungle Oasis accommodation The Treehouse in a Banyan Tree in which I stayed, just under the volcano Kelson, local chief and the owner of this fine establishment, is also a politician and has just missed out by eleven votes. There is to be a by-election in Tanna. I run into both him and Raphael Worwor from Ambrym again in ...
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