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Mountain Ambae
"Every soul left Ambae twice when the volcano stirred; its crater lake still shifts colour."
Water Champagne Beach
"At low tide the shallows fizz: volcanic gas rising off the seabed named this beach Champagne."
Water Futuna Island
"The language changes mid-archipelago: Futuna is Polynesia, moored inside Melanesian Vanuatu."
Water Hideaway Island
"Post a waterproof postcard from the world's only underwater post office, then snorkel the sanctuary reef."
Wilderness John Frum Village
"Every February, men march with bamboo rifles and USA painted red across their chests."
Water Lamen Bay
"A grey shadow slides over pale seagrass: Lamen Bay is where Vanuatu's dugongs graze."
Wilderness Malekula
"Jungle ridges crossed village to village on foot, Ambrym's volcano glowing across the water at night."
Wilderness Millennium Cave
"Enter the cave on foot; leave it swimming down a jungle gorge."
Mountain Mount Yasur
"Molten rock bursts skyward several times an hour from a rim you reach at dusk."
Water Nanda Blue Hole
"Jungle parts to reveal a freshwater pool so blue it looks lit from within."
Wilderness Pentecost Island
"Men dive headfirst from 30-metre towers, forest vines cut so they just touch the earth."
Water Port Olry
"Dugout canoes land the catch on white sand where the village speaks French."
Water Port Resolution
"Beach hot springs at Captain Cook's 1774 anchorage, where Yasur paints the night sky orange."
City Port Vila
"A capital where France and Britain ruled at once, and kava quiets the harbour at dusk."
Water Riri Blue Hole
"Locals paddle you through dark jungle to a pool that glows like stained glass."
Water SS President Coolidge
"Walk off a beach into a 200-metre sunken liner, hit by her own navy's mines."
Mountain Vanua Lava
"Twin waterfalls the locals call the Devils' drop 120 metres in tandem into a fern-lined pool."
Water Vao Island
"Giant tam-tams boom across a ten-minute strait; on Vao, rank is earned, never inherited."
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Masks move to stamping feet on earth shaped by a volcano.
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The water circles a volcano before leaving as a waterfall.
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The war ended. Its bulldozers and jeeps were pushed into the sea.
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