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2017 Mission 4

Good from any angle - himere out front of the Waterfront Bar & Grill
Australian war ship anchors well out and begins providing assistance to the Ambae volcano evacuees up north
Back at the waterfront
Last farewell Melanesian Hotel
Mercifully calm seas and wind from the east
Leaving Luganville3
There is no polite way to eat a mango - but they are worth it
Finally washing day for rob
Receiving thanks from the maritime police
Island trader only its mother could love loading people and belongings
Chimere at Lolawai with patrol boat in background
Leaving Luganville
This cruise ship seems to be following us
Lazy morning moored off Aore island
Re-watering at Luganville wharf
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Baz finds serenity
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Port olry treehouse bungalows
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Port olry beach
Deb & Martin meet tree-bungalow manager Angelique and daughter Port Olry
Rob Saying goodbye to the Five Amigos in Port Olry
Dont always trust the chart plotter
Barry and five amigos
Co-owner Barry arrives to join Chimere at Sola for the sail south to port vil
Matt Jeremy Graeme & Barry fly out of Sola
The 5 NiVan Amigos
Wellan does last minute extraction on the foredeck
Some father son bonding
Waterfall Bay5
Team Mission 4 - the after shot
Last patient- wellan operates on foredeck Vureus bay Vanualava
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Waterfall bay - Hard to leave
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Sterilization
Medical class for whole village
All the village with their toothbrushes and soap at Dives Bay
Waiting to load the dinghy at Dives Bay to go back to Chimere
Sailing towards Ureparapara
3kg salmon caught en route
Caleb
Village at Dives Bay
Jay hard at work
Cathy being superwoman
Two storey house under construction
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IceAge 1&2 come to Ureparapara
Saying goodbye at Ureparapara
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More from the Ureparapara clinic5
More from the Ureparapara clinic4
More from the Ureparapara clinic3
More from the Ureparapara clinic2
More from the Ureparapara clinic1
Greeting the day after some time below feeling a bit poorly
Jay relaxes on fish-watch
Matt with last nights leftover pizza-yum
Martin - it was an early start again
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In the distance Ureparapara is a regular cloud catcher
Take me back to Ureparapara
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Wind from behind it's a straight course to Ureparapara
Pakon at the helm
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All sails up bound for Ureparapara
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Oral Health Survey participants
Fixing two of three leaking pipes at the Sola hospital
Light in pharmacy at hospital
Matt (senior) worked on the hospital lights
Fixing the pipe leak at the Sola hospital
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First we had to poke a broomstick up the live pipe so as to repair tap
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Supermarket Sola
Buy digicel phone credit at a Sola store
Japheth Bob and Jay all set for work tomorrow
Midwife Liane in the delivery room
Arriving at Sola
Dinner
Deb at the wheel
Man Mango Madness
Very pleased to receive stoles made by Yvonne from north ringwood uc
How many can you fit in a dinghy
BBQ on beach last night
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Survey underway at Namasari
Stairs fixed by msm in both 2009 and 2013
Lakona Bay sunset
Successful trawling on the way to Sola
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Sola Harbour
Its hard work being captain - well deserved nap
Sola hospital
Tuna for dinner tonight
Tolav village nakamal
Matt x 2 discover where the problem is
Welcome pamplemouse break
Break time
Good dentists are hard to find in Tolav so Jeremy checks his own teeth
Namasari clinic
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Let there be power
Bob picking pamplemouse
Sailing into Lakona Bay late afternoon
Nurse Cathy finds a patient aboard
Nurse Cathy finds a patient aboard
Leaving Merelava
Had to bypass tiny Merig island as it was too rough to call in to drop off med supplies
Arriving at Gaua
Gaua
NE Gaua Namasari village
Last night at Lakona Bay West Gaua
Father Levi Sandy and wife Lynette
A great worker for his community
And a friend from our 2013 visit
The 5 Amigos
Annette Vincent enjoying the perfect sail around north coast of Gaua
Every ship needs one of these
After a big day at the clinic
Jay set up ready in Tasmat village
Richard doing triage
Deb just loves the babies
Parkon and Bob at Tasmat
Deb at Tasmat
Jeremy and Graham working at Tasmat
Tasmat children
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Mere lava anchorage
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Mere lava
Matt doing his best for team MSM against some very experienced locals
Taking the plunge
Nasawa village Maewo island.
Most of the team at Nasawa Maewo island
And There is no easy way to find a mango - Annette has go
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The med team at guest house where we will stay overnight in Naravorovoro
Keith our host at guest house
Naravorovoro bay
Nasawa hospital
Power trench
Rob and children
Jay doing optometry
Miserable wet day working at Lolowai Hospital today
Rain right down on the hills
Graeme at work scrubbing hull
Keeping the medical team dry near Lolawai Ambae Island
Martin Rob Jeremy unloading at Lolowai
Setting up clinic
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Arrival at Lolawai Ambae
It's a cure for seasickness -Yeh right
Its a cure for seasickness - Yeah right
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most are sensibility still in their bunks with the anchor up at 5.45am
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15 on board for the first hop to Lolawai on Ambae
Saying goodbye to Luganville - at least for the next 2 weeks
takes violin lessons from Matt
Gordy a young man we met on the beach
Fish head soup will probably make it onto the menu in time
Waving goodbye to our new Dutch friends
Yes we found more chocolate
Something fishy down there
Chip & crack are surrounded
Breaking into Mission 4s food stash
Robert!! You pull me ankles if my tummy slips ya
The Prop brake saga
Very still sunrise over the back rail -Luganville
Deep Boel & Mallika Kokke
One final check before I go
Ship's dentist Barry does extraction for Dutch yachtswoman2
Hey guys just had an idea
Were leaving on a jet plane
its a big boat all on your lonesome - now where did Mark stow the jam
Ship's dentist Barry does extraction for Dutch yachtswoman
If you are gonna have a car wash then the only sort is the educated sort.
National Oral Health Survey set up shop at the municipal offices next to the Luganville market
Unloading the 27 boxes of medical stuff1
Time to think on other things
Me fixim
delivering very heavy Ministry of health boxes
After breaking the prop shaft on his boat Trinity Castle
Ken Short awaits parts on the Luganville slipway
Im sure I saw this boat in the film Life of Pi but there was no tiger in sight so it can't be the one
Unloading the 27 boxes of medical stuff3
Unloading the 27 boxes of medical stuff2
Tidiness is the Mark of a man
Skipper Jon assists Mark prepare Thai Green Curry
local market Luganville
Bob Barry and Annette set up there
Mark and Bob lift a load of dental Survey equipment into the dinghy in Luganville
Barry Stewart - Annette Vincent arriving in Luganville
Half way there
A small piece of Vanuatu in the sky
Tut Doctor Barry back for more in Mission 4
The muffin man goes back to Vanuatu Mission 4

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